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Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) FY23 Update

Abstract

This report summarizes the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) status of the second phase of a series of borehole heater tests in salt at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) funded by the Disposal Research and Development (R&D) program of the Spent Fuel & Waste Science and Technology (SFWST) office at the US Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy’s (DOE-NE) Office in the Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition (SFWD) program.

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Kuhlman, Kristopher, Mills, Melissa, Jayne, Richard, Matteo, Edward, Herrick, Courtney, Nemer, Martin, Xiong, Yongliang, Choens, Charles, Paul, Matthew, Downs, Christine, Stauffer, Philip, Boukhalfa, Hakim, Guiltinan, Eric, Rahn, Thom, Otto, Shawn, Davis, Jon, Eldridge, Daniel, Stansberry, Aidan, Rutqvist, Johnny, Wu, Yuxin, Tounsi, Hafssa, Hu, Mengsu, Uhlemann, Sebastian, Wang, Jiannan. 2023-08-01. Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) FY23 Update. https://doi.org/10.2172/2369628

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