BATS2 Tests 2022-2024
BATS1 Overcoring 2021
BATS1 Test Series 2019-2020
Sandia Science for Salt Repositories
WIPP TCO making final adjustments
LBNL, SNL, LANL, and WIPP TCO team members Dec 2019
Drilling BATS boreholes E-940, Feb 2019
E-940 drift before beginning drilling BATS boreholes
Heated SL borehole immediately after drilling
WIPP TCO getting ready to start drilling BATS boreholes
LANL team members with gas plumbing
SNL and LANL team members with heater and borehole closure gauge
LBNL team member with ERT system
LANL and SNL team members with brine samples
WIPP TCO inserting cement seal into SL borehole
Viewing BATS test from other side of N-540 intersection
Borehole showing near-drift open fractures
BATS Surface and Lab Images
Ready to go underground on salt-handling shaft
Entrance to WIPP site
SNL and DOE-NE visit to BATS, Oct 2019
SEM image of halite from precipitated WIPP brine at 50 C (Kuhlman et al., 2018)
SEM image of halite from precipitated WIPP brine at 75 C (Kuhlman et al., 2018)
SEM image of intergranular fluid inclusions in reconsolidated granular salt
Sectioned sample of salt concrete used in seal test
Creation of salt cement plugs
