Rulison Site groundwater monitoring report, third quarter, 1997 [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1997.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 47 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: United States. Department of Energy. Nevada Operations Office, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary

This report summarizes the results of the third quarter 1997 groundwater sampling event for the Rulison Site. The sampling was performed as part of a quarterly groundwater monitoring program implemented by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to monitor the effectiveness of remediation of a drilling effluent pond located at the site. The effluent pond was used for the storage of drilling mud during drilling of the emplacement hole for a 1969 gas stimulation test conducted by the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (the predecessor agency to the DOE), and Austral Oil Company (Austral). Project Rulison was conducted under the AEC`s Plowshare Program to evaluate the feasibility of using a nuclear device to stimulate natural gas production in low-permeability, gas-producing geologic formations. The experiment was conducted on September 10, 1969, and consisted of detonating a 40-kiloton nuclear device at a depth of 2,568 m (8,426 ft) below ground surface. Natural gas production testing was conducted in 1970 and 1971. The site was deactivated by the AEC and Austral in 1972 and abandoned in 1976.

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E 1.99:doe/nv--460-rev.7
doe/nv--460-rev.7

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Published through SciTech Connect.
10/01/1997.
"doe/nv--460-rev.7"
"DE98001956"

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AC08-97NV13052

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