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US Deep Underground Laboratories

US Deep Underground Laboratories. Homestake (future DUSEL site). Soudan. Kimballton. WIPP. The Kimballton site: 30 minutes from Virginia Tech largest research university in Virginia (28,000 students)

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US Deep Underground Laboratories

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  1. US Deep Underground Laboratories Homestake (future DUSEL site) Soudan Kimballton WIPP

  2. The Kimballton site: • 30 minutes from Virginia Tech • largest research university in Virginia (28,000 students) • technical infrastructure and academic environment in the immediate vicinity of laboratory is unique

  3. Current maximum depth of mine – 2300’ (~1900 mwe assuming limestone) • over 50 miles of stopes • 700 kton of high-grade limestone removed per year (~7 Gran Sasso Hall C’s/yr) • Current facility at 1700’ (~1450 mwe) • low U/Th in rock, and low Rn levels due to high air-flow • relatively impermeable limestone results in a ‘dry location’ KURF ~ 1 mile

  4. Drive-in Access: Width 42’ (12.8 meters) Height 26’ – 105’ (8 – 32 m) Potential space is HUGE

  5. 100’ x 36’ x 20’ (high)HEPA filtered airchange/visitor roomlocal LN2, power, internet, etc.room for 7 + connex ‘lab modules’ possible muon coincidence detector building 90% complete

  6. Typical Laboratory Module • internal clean-roomRn reduced detector housinglocal shielding from rocks • Currently • NIST ‘Melissa’ HPGe detectorVT-1 Ortec low-background detectorpartner use of NRL-1 (in Gran Sasso) • Funded Phase I DUSEL R&D • lab-scale Rn reductionICPMS –vs – radioassaymaterial screening • Phase II DUSEL R&D (expected proposal) • two commercial screening detectorsduplicate NRL-1 (GEMPI design) KURF provides an excellent location for detector development and materials screening for DUSEL R&D, and is available this year.

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