UCFZ-ID- 124979 Palanquin Post-Shot Exploration L.Meyer S. Hansen J. Toman July 28,1965 This is an informal report intended primarily for internal or limited external distribution. The opinions and conclusions stated are those of the author and may or may not be those of the Laboratory. Work performed under the auspices of the U.S.Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratow under Contract W-7405-ENG-48.
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L. Meyer, S. Hansen, and J. Toman SLiUT.CT: Pz3 anquin PJst-Shot Exploration ItsECLASSIIFI6ATION STAMP ON REVERSE. I. O'cjective of Re-entry The purpose of t h e Palanquin post-shot exploration program i s t o o'ctai-.. data that i s needed i n t h e understanding of t h e PalanqtTin experiment, and related explosion phenomena, which can be obtained i n no ozher way. uesired d a t a can be grouped i n t o t h e following categories: The A. C e m e i r y of the True Crater Boundary and t h e Outer Boundary or t h e "Get L a s t Hole" The nost-shot exploration program outlined i n l a t e r s e c t i o n s of this memorandm a r e the best methads a v a i l a b l e f o r obtaining d a t a regar2ing the geometry of the boundary of t h e t r u e c r a t e r and t h e "Get Lost 3 k. " Ecsides determining the location of t h i s boundary, it i s desirrtble CCI describe t h e boundary c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s, i.e., its sharpness, t h e n a t c r e of the rock m a t e r i a l on both sides, and concentration of radioaczive isotopes or s l a g present there. --, 2. Yhc il'zture and Extent of Fracturing i n t h e Rock S u r r o x d i n g t h e Ti-ue CI-ater Boundary Caused by t h e Explosion T h i s category includes an evaluation of macro and micro f r a c t s r e s resultinp from the explosion, t h e i r nature, l a t e r a l extent;, and eetcrmination of t h e existence o f radioactive m a t e r i a l s i n j e c t e d vizilin them. Associated information on increased f r a c t u r e ;permeabillt:,- w i l l r e o o t a i n a ~ l cas a p a r t o f t h e f r a c t u r e evaluation program. I
c C. 'Tine Snmplin;: :)f' ;.:or.k a n d Mcli I n s i d e and Outside t h e Crater and " G e t Lost Hole" Houndarv I - Samples f o r microscopic, petrographic, gamma r a y and chemical anak-rsis are required t o provide information on explosion and "Get L o s t E31.e" phemmena. These ::mples will a l s o provide information on t h e d i s t r i a x i x. of r a d i o a c t i v i t y from t h e emplacement configmaxion used i n t h e Palanq3sr. exterirnent. InTorqation on t h e e f f e c t s of &he explosion on t n e "Get LCSY Hole" casing, i t s s t a t e of vaporization, e t c., w i l l be obtained 5 y stampling. 11. Why Do We Want t h e Ahove Data The c r a t e r i n g mechanisms of t h e Palanquin experiment were a t m i c a 1 i n comparison LO previously observed c r a t e r i n g shots. Judgment concerning ~ o s s i C l e causes f o r t h i s behavior o r t h e p r e d i c t i v e c a p a b i l i t y of e x i s t i n g codes w i i l 're i n c m c l u s i v e w i t h o u t some knowledge of t h e post-shot environment of the lower c a v i t y and " G e t L o s t Hole." Much of t h e physical e f f e c t s d a t a i n c h i d e d i n Section I above can be compared d i r e c t l y with pre-shot code c a l c u l a t i o n s. Sucn inr"ormation can be used t o improve or v e r i f y t h e r e l i a b i l i t y 05' e x i s t i n g conputer codes and place considerabbj higher confidence on p r e d i c t i o n s of "Get L x t Hole" Dhenomena i n f u t u r e c r a t e r i n g shots. Tne c o n s t r u c t i o n of m a c c u r a t e post-shot model by means o f t h i s exploration program w i l l impove 0 1 2 understanding of t h e b a s i c e f f e c t s phenomena a s s o c i a t e d with a "Get L o s t Szle," provide a base f o r an empirical p r e d i c t i v e c a p a b i l i t y, and give d i r e c t i o n t o the ultimate p r a c t i c a l engineering a p p l i c a t i o n s o f nuclear explosives f i r e d m a e r biiese conditions i n hard rock media. Certainly, t h e design of a meaning321 f'ollow on e q e r i m e n t to Palanquin w i l l be extremely d i f f i c u l t and perhaps f r u i t l e s s without t h i s d a t a.
The plan for post-shot e-xploration i s presented i n t h e following: A. DescriDtion 1. Mine Openings -- One rectangular, v e r t i c a l, two-comfartment s h a f t 5 f't x 10 f't (constructed w i t h dimensions 01' by d r i l l and blast methods) 35,O f t deep, and one d r i f t about 550 f t long. One Gi-illing s t a t i o n srould be e s t a b l i s h e d a t 300 ft from tne siiaf; along t h e d r i f t. 2. D r i l l holes (number -- 4 t o 10; t o t a l footage -- bo0 t o 2,000 fx) m c t l d be fanned o u t from the d r i l l s t a t i o n t o the c r a t e r c a v i t y and t h e "Get Lost Hole." Holes would be approximately Nx s i z e, dimona b i t s would be used and cores would be recovered where d e s i r e d, B. 1nf'orma.tion t o be OLtained 1. Casing d e b r i s and Rad Chem samples from t h e d r i f t s and holes. 2. Visual inspection of t h e f r a c t u r e d cone o u t s i d e t h e c a v i t y. 3. Temperature and r a d i a t i o n d a t a from d r i l l holes. 4. Miscellaneous i n - s i t u physical measurements and observations. 3 3. SmQ2ry The one-drift exploration scheme using a v e r t i c a l 350 I't s h a f t w i l l o c f e r an escellenl. opportunity to gain a n understanding of t h e underground e f f e c c s @:'the Palmquin experiment. T h i s post-shot exploration ~ l a n has t h e rezl a d v a n t a p of guaranteeing usei2ul data, since a c t u a l re-entry will be acnieved. E i s t o r i c a l l y, mined r e - e n t r i e s have been eminently more s u c c e s s f u l than d r i l l e d. re-entries. Four o t h e r plans involving d r i l l i n g and/or mining were rej e c z e d i n f i v o r of' t h i s proposal. The main unknown a t t h i s time.appears t o De whelile- o r n o t usable information on t h e lower portion of' t h e " G e t L o s t Hole" cac =e obtained u y underground diamond d r i l l i n g. One o r two samples of radioactive s l a g from the bottom portion of' t h e "Get Lost Hole" a r e needed. Also, accwaze d a t a on tlie configuration of t h e lower portions of t h e "Get Lost Hole" a r e required.
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