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Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) FY23 Update

Kuhlman, Kristopher L.; Mills, Melissa M.; Jayne, Richard S.; Matteo, Edward N.; Herrick, Courtney G.; Nemer, Martin N.; Xiong, Yongliang X.; Choens, Robert C.; Paul, Matthew J.; Downs, Christine D.; 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

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.