Geologics engineers have recently turned their attention to fine particle breakage technology, leading to the development of the Kelsey Fine Autogenous Grinding FAGG) Mill.
At the time, the federal government said the engineered aspects of a "geologic repository" (engineers wince at the word "dump") could not be counted on to keep things safe after the first thousand years, and perhaps not even that long.
An international team of geologists and geological engineers convened by the power plant owner, Japan Atomic Power Company JAPCC), determined that the geologic faults that run beneath the Tsuruga nuclear plant are not active, reflecting the general understanding of geologists around the world (WNN).
Using a surface complexation approach for modeling metal bioavailability to bacteria creates powerful quantitative models of metal bioavailability which can be extrapolated to complex realistic geologic or engineered systems.
The success of engineered geologic CO2 storage hinges on the ability to identify optimal sites and forecast their long-term security.
Forecasting and demonstrating the long-term isolation performance of engineered geologic CO2 storage requires a technology portfolio that explicitly integrates state-of-the-art site characterization, experimental, modeling, monitoring, and verification components.
Components of that engineered geologic system include the storage reservoir, overlying aquitards (primary caprock and secondary seals) and aquifers (including the above zone monitoring interval, or AZMI, directly overlying the primary seal), and potential leakage pathways including wells, fractures, and faults.
In the current proposed solutions of radioactive waste repositories, the protective function against the radionuclide water-driven transport back to the biosphere is to be provided by an integrated system of engineered and natural geologic barriers.
In his own words, Gunderson's rocks "become part of a collection of fabricated and fetishized objects which represent how the human imagination can mutate geologic and fossilized specimens into engineered designer relics".
Seismologists study geologic events and geological time.
