Abstract:The Yucca Mountain Project is currently evaluating the coupled theirnal-mechariical4iydrological-chemical (TMHQ response of the potential repository host rock through an in situ thermal testing program. A Drift Scale Test (DST) was constructed during 1997 and heaters were turned on in December 1997. The DST includes nine canister-sized containers with thirty operating heaters each located within the heated drift (HD) and fifty "wing" heaters located in boreholes in both ribs with a total power output of nomina… Show more
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