The Department of Energy plans to issue a Request for Proposal next month for its Deep Borehole Field Test procurement, according to a pre-solicitation notice issued yesterday. DOE is hoping to expand its research and development efforts for deep boreholes after the disposal method has been recommended multiple times for some smaller packages of DOE-managed defense waste. The draft RFP calls for a contractor to identify a suitable location for the test as well as drilling “two deep boreholes (a smaller-diameter Characterization Borehole and a larger-diameter, full-scale Field Test Borehole) into crystalline basement rock in a geologically stable continental location,” the draft RFP Scope of Work said. DOE plans to issue the RFP on or about July 8, the notice said, and a response date will be included with the RFP.
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