Drill core sample from URL mounted as a memento

Artifact Number:

2019-084

Description

A 10 cm diameter by 2 cm thick drill-core sample of granite obtained during studies at Whiteshell Laboratories for the Underground Research Laboratory (URL). The sample is engraved with the stylized profile of the above ground shaft-head and rests on an 8 cm by 12 cm wooden base.

Details

Keywords:

waste disposal; underground facilities

Date:

~1990

Associated artifacts:

See also artifact 2018-074.

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