Evaluation of geotechnical surveillance techniques for monitoring high-level waste repository performance. Final report 19 Sep 81-31 Dec 82

This report recommends geotechnical monitoring programs for evaluation of high-level nuclear waste repository performance. It is based upon assessments of conditions and responses of the geologic media to the site of a repository. The state of technology in geotechnical monitoring was reviewed for applicability to repository monitoring. The recommended geotechnical monitoring program utilizes existing geotechnical instrumentation. The proposed activities are delineated in each phase of repository development: the proposed monitoring is detailed for various dimensional scales. Only geotechnical instrumentation presently available or easily within the state of the art is considered and it was concluded that it is possible to define an integrated geotechnical monitoring program that would meet the proposed licensing requirements.