Construction of Nuclear Geostorage Facilities for Petroleum Products.
Abstract
The report examines the feasibility of constructing nuclear explosion cavities to be used as hardened storage facilities for automative and aviation fuels in a Theater of Operations. It is concluded that void volumes of from 50,000 barrels to 250,000 barrels capacity, for substitution into the Engineer Functional Components Systems, could safely and reliably be created. Stored products could be discharged using submersible turbine pumps, hydraulic displacement, or where terrain allows, gravity flow. Waiting three months after the detonation to inject the petroleum product into the nuclear geostorage container would preclude degradation of critical fuel properties from radiation damage. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0755100
Entities
People
- Kenneth E. Sprague