The underground laboratory was constructed by Whiteshell ( starting in 1983 ) to study the geological conditions associated with the storage of spent nuclear fuel.
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Under current geological conditions, the waters of four North American Great Lakes drain through Niagara Falls, which is 167 feet ( 51 m ) tall.
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Rick Jacobi, general manager of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority, said the design of the Sierra Blanca facility takes into account the geological conditions.
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This is also the case in many British West Indies islands where " iron shore, " which are coral geological conditions, also make underground graves impractical.
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Three wells already drilled at the field support the notion that oil is present, Luskin said, but have come up largely empty because of geological conditions.
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During the geological survey, which started in February 2010, the quality and characteristics of coal, seam gas content and hydro geological conditions of the site were examined.
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Geological conditions were generally favorable for the preservation of fossils in Laramidia, making the western United States one of the most productive fossil regions in the world.
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Unfortunately, with the geological conditions and current low gold prices, Leeudoorn does not have sufficient payable faces to support its capacity milling rate of 120, 000 tons per month.
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Although the area is now sparsely settled, it is notable for having the largest operating sawmill in Columbia County and also geological conditions lending themselves to natural gas storage.
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The tunnel carried a Norwegian State Railways ( NSB ) determined that the geology was too unstable and thus decided to build a tunnel to avoid the poor geological conditions.
