NORDA Contribution to the in-situ Heat Transfer Experiment (ISHTE): FY84 Annual Report

Abstract

The Subseabed Disposal Program (SDP) is studying the feasibility of disposing of high-level radioactive wastes by burial in fine grained deep sea sediments. The thermomechanical response of these sediments to the thermal gradient and temperatures generated by the decaying radionucleides in a buried waste container is being determined by the SDP-supported in Situ Heat Transfer Experiment (ISHTE). The Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity is responsible for the development and fielding of piezometer probes for measuring the pore water pressure gradients induced by the thermal gradient in the sediment. Pore pressure gradients measured in ISHTE will permit validation of theoretical models predicting the rate of radionucleide leakage from a buried waste container to the overlying seawater column. Keywords: Nuclear waste; waste disposal; Heat transfer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA165264

Entities

People

  • Huon Li
  • John T. Burns
  • Philip J. Valent
  • Richard H. Bennett

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Containers
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microscopy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Pore Pressure
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Pressurization
  • Radioactive Pollutants
  • Radioactive Wastes
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.