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NEVADA NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE INVESTIGATIONS PROJECT, SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, Volume 6

"During the unit evaluation calculations were done to determine the allowable thermal loading and demonstrate that this loading did not have any adverse far-field effects (Johnstone, 1984). Based on that study 57 kW/acre has been used as a baseline for calculations and for design of the underground facility layout. The unit evaluation assumed 10 year out of the reactor spent fuel. Thermal decay curves used during the unit evaluation were  taken from Kissner (1978)."

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NEVADA NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE INVESTIGATIONS PROJECT, SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, Volume 5

"Vertical and horizontal orientations are currently being considered for disposal of high-level nuclear waste at the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. This report summarizes the emplacement configurations under  consideration and compares the performance and cost parameters associated with each. Concepts for vertical and horizontal emplacement equipment appear to be technically feasible, and no significant differences in  repository performance have been identified. Significant cost savings are predicted for the horizontal orientation. The feasibility of developing the more complex equipment required for horizontal emplacement is assessed by  presenting and discussing current design concepts for that equipment. It is concluded that horizontal emplacement equipment appears feasible but that further work is required to prove feasibility. A proposed equipment  development program that addresses the needed future work is outlined."

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NEVADA NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE INVESTIGATIONS PROJECT, SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, Volume 3

"The repository facilities are designed using the as low as  reasonably achievable (ALARA) principle to limit both radiation exposures and releases of radioactive materials to the restricted and unrestricted areas during normal operations. Releases can occur in the form of liquids, solids, and gases via the air and water pathways. All air and water effluents from the repository will be monitored to demonstrate compliance with regulatory limits and to verify the operation of any design features that prevent or mitigate the potential release of radioactive materials during normal operations."

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NEVADA NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE INVESTIGATIONS PROJECT, SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, Volume 2

"The prospective repository site is located at Yucca Mountain in Nye County, Nevada, approximately 85 airline miles northwest of Las Vegas (Figure 4-1. The site is located on federal land controlled by the Department of Energy (DOE), the Air Force, and the Bureau of Land Management. The land controlled by the DOE is currently  part of the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Yucca Mountain lies in a broad range of mountains characterized by sparse vegetation, low precipitation, few population centers, and varied geologic conditions. The geohydrologic system includes both open and closed ground-water basins and a thick unsaturated zone that is thought to have little water movement."

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NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, STATEMENT OF WORK UNDER DOE CONTRACT NUMBER DE-AC08-86NV10471.

The work under this contract shall consist of the performance of conceptual design, management, quality assurance, engineering, technical support, communications, construction, materials testing, inspection, operation, maintenance services, and Pacific logistical support for DOE. These services will be provided both at Pacific Area locations and on-continent locations in connection with DOE's programs of weapons testing, seismic detection, and nuclear and defense related research and development. However, the services may also be in connection with certain other miscellaneous Government projects where it is advantageous to the Government to have the Contractor perform such services.

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BX IN SITU OIL SHALE PROJECT (EQUITY)--AQUATIC BIOLOGY OF BLACK SULPHUR CREEK AT THE BX IN SITU OIL SHALE PROJECT, RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (SPECIAL TECHNICAL REPORT)

Figure 1 shows the general location of the BX in Situ Oil Shale project. In the central portion of the perchance Creek Basin of northwestern Colorado, there is a section of oil shale bearing rocks in the Parachute Creek member of the Green River Formation commonly referred to as the leached zone which contains very large reserves of oil in place as oil shale. This section of leached zone has enough permeability and porosity to permit in situ retorting of the oil shale contained therein without resorting to mining and/or other fracturing techniques. The purpose of the BX in Situ Oil Shale Project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using superheated steam at 1000 Degrees F and 1500 psig as a heat carrying medium to retort oil shale in the leached zone in situ and to provide a mechanism for the recovery of this oil with a minimum impact on the environment. More specifically, the oil shale will be retorted by injecting superheated steam into the leached zone through an array of injection wells and recovering the steam/water/oil and gas produced from the leached zone through an array of production wells.

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BX IN SITU OIL SHALE PROJECT, ANNUAL TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR MARCH 1, 1981-FEBRUARY 28, 1982 and QUARTERLY TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1, 1981-FEBRUARY 28, 1982

The objective of this project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of using superheated steam as a heat carrying medium to retort in situ the oil shale in the Green River formation "leached zone" and provide a mechanism for the recovery of this shale oil with a minimum impact on the environment. Utilizing primarily the natural porosity in the "leached zone," approximately 450 billion BTU of heat have been injected into a site over a 2 year period to heat to retorting temperature a shale zone approximately 540 feet thick and covering about one acre. The field project is located at Equity's BX in situ site in Rio Blanco County in Northwestern Colorado.

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NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, STATEMENT OF WORK UNDER DOE CONTRACT NUMBER DE-AC08-84NV10327.

DOE expressly engages the Contractor to manage, operate, and maintain the facilities designated in writing from time to time by DOE, and to manage and perform the work and services described in this Contract, which includes the utilization of information, material, funds, and other property of DOE, the collection of revenues, and the acquisition, sale, or other disposal of property for DOE, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

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NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, STATEMENT OF WORK UNDER DOE CONTRACT NUMBER DE-RP08-86NV10576. CONTRACTOR: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC

The Contractor shall provide broad technical, operational, and managerial support to the Waste Management Project Office (WMPO) of the Nevada Operations Office of the U.S. DOE, the Project Office for the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project of DOE's Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (CRWM) Program. DOE retains sole responsibility and authority for authorization of work and direction of all project participants. The Contractor will be responsible for the management and integration of all authorized activities performed by project participants on the NNWSI Project.

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NEVADA NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE INVESTIGATIONS PROJECT QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN NVO-196-17 REVISION 5

This document is the fifth revision of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations (NNWSI) Project Quality Assurance (QA) Plan (Nvo-196-17). This NNWSI Project QA Plan is a requirements document which was developed from QA requirements imposed on the NNWSI Project by the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), the U.S. DOE, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Accordingly, this document establishes the QA requirements that are applicable to the NNWSI Project participants.

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SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY IN SALT EMPLOYING VERTICAL EMPLACEMENT OF WASTE PACKAGES,  WORKING DRAFT REVISION ONE, VOLUME II

This Conceptual Design Report describes the conceptual design of a high-level nuclear waste repository in salt at a proposed site in Deaf Smith County, Texas. Waste receipt, processing, packaging, and other surface facility operations are described. Operations in the shafts and underground are described, including waste hoisting, transfer, emplacement, and retrieval. The report includes a description of the layout of the surface, shafts, and underground. Major equipment items are identified. The report includes plans for decommissioning and sealing of the facility. The report discusses how the repository will satisfy performance objectives. Chapters are included on basis for design, design analyses, and data requirements for completion of future design efforts. Chapters 5 - 10

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SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY IN SALT EMPLOYING VERTICAL EMPLACEMENT OF WASTE PACKAGES, WORKING DRAFT REVISION ONE, VOLUME I

This Conceptual Design Report describes the conceptual design of a high-level nuclear waste repository in salt at a proposed site in Deaf Smith County, Texas. Waste receipt, processing, packaging, and other surface facility operations are described. Operations in the shafts and underground are described, including waste hoisting, transfer, emplacement, and retrieval. The report includes a description of the layout of the surface, shafts, and underground. Major equipment items are identified. The report includes plans for decommissioning and sealing of the facility. The report discusses how the repository will satisfy performance objectives. Chapters are included on basis for design, design analyses, and data requirements for completion of future design efforts. Chapters 1 - 4

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SITE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT, WORKING DRAFT REVISION ONE

This Conceptual Design Report describes the conceptual design of a high-level nuclear waste repository in salt at a proposed site in Deaf Smith County, Texas. Waste receipt, processing, packaging, and other surface facility operations are described. Operations in the shafts and underground are described, including waste hoisting, transfer, emplacement, and retrieval. The report includes a description of the layout of the surface, shafts, and underground. Major equipment items are identified. The report includes plans for decommissioning and sealing of the facility. The report discusses how the repository will satisfy performance objectives. Chapters are included on basis for design, design analyses, and data requirements for completion of future design efforts. Summary.

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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

This Program Management Plan describes the methods that will be used to manage the Transportation Systems Technology and Development Program for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. The Program Management Plan provides the framework for managing cask design, fabrication, testing, NRC certification, and other related program support activities. It identifies technical, schedule, and cost objectives for the program and outlines the control measures to be employed to ensure that those objectives are attained. The Program Management Plan also defines the organization, responsibilities, and interfaces for the participants involved in the program.

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United States Bureau of Mines Wyoming Retort Site Water Well No. 1

The Bureau of Mines research into the processing of oil shale has led to the design and construction of a 150 ton capacity retort approximately 1 mile north of Laramie, Wyoming. On February 1, 198, a 500 by 550- foot tract of land was leased from the Union Pacific Railroad CO. for a period of 5 years and the lease is renewable at the end of the period. The retort and associated support structures are presently under construction

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DOE CONTRACT NUMBER DE-AC02-83CH10140 AND MODIFICATIONS

This contract provides for continuation by Battelle Memorial Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Contractor), acting through its Project Management Division (BPMD), of the research, development and program management activities for the DOE's National Waste Terminal Storage Program as described herein. These activities were previously performed by the Contractor pursuant to Contract DE-AC06-76RL01830. The parties hereto agree with respect to the work contained herein, that this contract, after the effective date hereof, supersedes all other agreements, as well as the provisions of Contract DE-AC06-76RL01830. This contract is executed pursuant to Section 302 ©(15) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the DOE Organization Act (P. Law 95-91) as amended.

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WASTE SYSTEMS DATA AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 assigned to the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) the responsibility for disposal of high-level waste and spent fuel. A significant activity in the development of the Federal Waste Management System (FWMS) for accomplishing this assignment is integrating the components of the FWMS (mined geological repositories, waste generators, near-term storage, transportation and a possible MRS facility) will constitute an efficient, safe and timely waste management system. A major element in accomplishing this objective - and the subject of this task plan - is Waste Systems Data and Development (WSDD) which involves collection of data and development of capabilities which concern more than one component of the FWMS.

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BASALT WASTE ISOLATION PROJECT PUBLIC RELEASE SYSTEM, DOCUMENTS/DATA ACCESSIONS LIST, MARCH 1987

The Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) Public Release System (PRS) is intended to provide program participants with all documents and data necessary to monitor and participate in the BWIP characterization and design process. The PRS also provides public access to BWIP documents and data. The focus of PRS activity is to provide a comprehensive listing of BWIP documents arranged by BWIP work activity. This is provided in this report. This list will continually be updated to provide for greater retrievability of documents in the future.

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SCRUBBING RESEARCH RELATED TO ACID-GAS REMOVAL FROM OIL SHALE RETORT GAS STREAMS--QUARTERLY REPORT

This report covers word done on the scrubbing research par of DOE Contract DE-AS20-82LC10868 during the first quarter of calendar 1984. The main studies reported here are on the effects that CO2 in a gas stream has on the absorption of SO2 or H2S from that gas in a venture scrubber. Our experimental results show that the effects are small. While conceivably CO2 can absorb well into the alkaline scrubbing liquids used in the system sided, the rate of CO2 absorption is severely limited by the slowness of the reaction CO2   H2O=H2CO3. Hence, the actual uptake of CO2 by the liquid in the venture device, where the contact time is very short, is quite small. Hence, CO2 does not suppress the absorption of SO2 or H2S significantly.

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NUCLEAR WASTE SYSTEM INTEGRATION

The purpose of the Nuclear Waste System Integration (NWSI) Program is to identify opportunities to improve the performance and reduce the cost of the civilian radioactive waste management system through improved system integration, and to assist DOE in implementing strategies to capitalize on these opportunities. To accomplish this, the NWSI program 1) assists DOE staff in setting priorities for system analyses and integration, and in defining, planning, monitoring, and implementing studies and multiproject interactions as necessary to set effective priorities; 2) identifies the potential for and feasibility of technical strategies that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the current baseline system, including more cost-effective operating modes or systems configurations, more cost-effective and safer technologies, and safer, more reliable system and facility designs; and 3) defines and evaluates alternative system development strategies to assist DOE in formulating plans that take into account the uncertainties inherent in developing and deploying the waste management system. The NWSI Program will include direct support to DOE-HQ using staff located in Washington, D.C., although the bulk of the work will be performed by staff located in Richland, Washington.

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SCRUBBING STUDIES RELATED TO ACID-GAS REMOVAL FROM OIL SHALE RETORT GAS STREAMS--QUARTERLY REPORT

"This report covers work done on the scrubbing research part of DOE Contract No. DE-AS20-B2LC10868 through the quarter ending on September 30, 1983.  Results of a very large number of experimental runs are reported and a detailed discussion is presented on the effects of liquid pH and buffer capacity on the absorption process."

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SCRUBBING RESEARCH RELATED TO ACID-GAS REMOVAL FROM OIL SHALE RETORT GAS STREAMS--QUARTERLY REPORT

This report summarizes work carried out up to the end of the first quarter of 1983 (March 31). At this point, the contract has been active for 6 months.  By the end of this period, the experimental system had been fully constructed and tested during several "shakedown" runs using H2S and SO2 in air.  A major part of preparing the system for final operation was the careful calibration of all of the rot meters. The present report includes all of the calibration curves resulting from the phase of the work.  Work in the next quarter will focus on making some actual final test run. Prior to this, a study will be made concerning how long the system must be run at given conditions to reach a true steady state.

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DESIGN AND  CONSTRUCTION OF A HOT GAS STRIPPER

Large quantities of wastewaters are generated by synfuel processes suck as; in-situ oil shale retorting, above ground oil shale retorting, in-situ coal gasification, and tar sand thermal treatment. These wastewaters contain large quantities of inorganic and organic compounds including significant amounts of carbonates and ammonia. The treatment of these waters by using a packed stripping column is one of the more promising approaches. In this project, a hot gas stripping unit will be designed and constructed. Samples of waters, to be obtained from the North Site facility of LETC, will be tested in the new stripping column. The results will be compared to data obtained from the stripping column that presently exists on the University of Wyoming campus. The results of the laboratory tests and the pilot plant tests will be compared to results predicted from available mass transfer correlations.

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MECHANICAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GREEN RIVER FORMATION OIL SHALE

Oil shale resources in the United States are important as an alternative energy source. The reserve in the Green River Formation is by far the largest known petroleum resource in the world. Knowledge of the mechanical properties is essential to any form of development, including the environmentally acceptable in-situ processes. This paper emphasizes the creep behavior of oil shale samples taken from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation. A nonlinear rheological model was developed for the creep behavior. Other mechanical properties, including 3-D stiffness on rich, medium, and lean oil shale's are presented. It was concluded that the organic content and the stress levels were important parameters. Effects of mineral logy and geological aspects are also discussed, and these appear to have some influence on the mechanical properties of oil shale. Lacustrine depositional environment in four principal basins (Uinta Basin of Utah, Perchance Basin of Colorado, Green River and Washakie Basin of Wyoming) and their extreme horizontal uniformity are presented. The mineral dolomite provides a structure to the carbonate oil shale, strongly modifying the effect of organic volume changes. The greatest influence on fracturing and some jointing depends on the mineralogical content, the minor tectonic situation, and the organic content.

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OIL SHALE:  ITS ROLE IN SOLVING THE ENERGY PROBLEM

According to a recent Government report, it is noted that 7 percent of our current energy needs come from oil and gas but that the prospects for these resources meeting anticipated future demands are not bright. Domestic oil production is predicted to peak at 12 million barrels per day, while demands is expected to reach 30 million barrels per day by 1985. The difference, or 18 million barrels, must come from other sources- imports or substitute flues. The size this anticipated shortage presents a challenge to our ability to provide liquid fuels in a timely, economic, and environmentally acceptable manner - a great problem, indeed. The federal government has asked the America public to pitch in and help the country solve this problem

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TCR EVALUATION OF BUREAU OF MINES SHALE-OIL NAPHTHA

The shale-oil naphtha, which was produced by the Bureau by thermal recycle cracking of crude shale oil, had a glass dish gum of 1278 mg/100 ml as received. The naphtha was distilled to 95% vol. overhead before TCR processing to remove resinous materials and other substances in the heavy naphtha fraction which might have a deleterious effect on the reforming results.

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RELATIONSHIPS OF OIL YIELD TO OIL-SHALE DENSITY

Correlation between density or an oil-shale rock and the rock's organic content or its oil yield has been evaluated empirically for samples from several oil shale deposits. Oil shale's consist of a mineral fraction with density of sedimentary rocks of similar mineralogy and an organic fraction with density near that of water. As oil shale becomes richer, it becomes lighter, the surprising lightness to the hand of a rich oil-shale specimen leads almost automatically to evaluating this correlation

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Synopsis of Discussion Session: Quantitative Expression of Biotransformation

Forecasts of expected environmental concentrations (EEC) Require Quantitative biotransformation data. Although it is recognized that nonquantative methods may have their place in studies such as netabointe identification on pass fail degradation tests, the use of mathematical system models to forecast the EEC in typical aquatic environments requires that the rates of all important transformations (e.g., biotransformation, photolysis, etc.) be described mathematically, biotransformation rates are not suitable for (prediction because the rates are functions of conditions used in the kinetic determination on the other hand, rate constants are presumably independent of environmental factors and reproducible from site to site. Thus the mathematical formalism used to describe biotransformation should be a rate equation from which rate constants can be derived.

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Effects of Complex Effluents From in Situ Fossil Fuel Processing on Aquatic Biota

In site processes for advanced fossil fuel recovery elicit major concerns about contamination of surface and groundwater with potential effects on water uses and aquatic biota. Acute and limited chronic toxicity bioassays were conducted to determine the effects process waters produced from in technologies being developed by DOE's Laramie Energy Technology Center Omega-9 retort water from the Rock Springs Site 9 in situ oil shale processing experiment and (2) hade condensate water from the Hanna underground equal classification experiment. The acute dilution toxicity level for oil shale retort water was about 0.5% for rainbow trout and fathead minnows and for dolphins (48 h) and the threshold effect dilutions for limited with rainbow trout.

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HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS UNITE STATES SENATE SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1243

This is a bill authorizing the construction and operation of demonstration plants to produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal and other substances, in order to aid the prosecution of the war, to conserve and increase the oil resources of the nation, and for other purposes.

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