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Subsurface marker emplacement test plan

Description: Current plans propose placing subsurface markers within protective barriers to deter potential human intrusion into disposed radioactive wastes. The subsurface markers would provide warning to the digging intruder should surface markers be removed, destroyed, or ignored. This plan sets forth procedures for testing the survivability of the subsurface markers during construction of the barrier. After the tests described herein are concluded, a decision can be made as to whether subsurface markers… more
Date: May 30, 1986
Creator: Adams, M. R. & Carlson, R. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility assessment of copper-base waste package container materials in a tuff repository

Description: This report discussed progress made during the second year of a two-year study on the feasibility of using copper or a copper-base alloy as a container material for a waste package in a potential repository in tuff rock at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada. Corrosion testing in potentially corrosive irradiated environments received emphasis during the feasibility study. Results of experiments to evaluate the effect of a radiation field on the uniform corrosion rate of the copper-base materials … more
Date: September 30, 1986
Creator: Acton, C. F. & McCright, R. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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