Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories
Recently, there is a tendency to explore the possibility of increasing the maximum design temperature in deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel. In the paper, a number of issues related to the use of higher temperatures are reviewed. Both bentonite barriers and argi...
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| author | Gens Antonio de Vasconcelos Ramon B. Olivella Sebastià |
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| description | Recently, there is a tendency to explore the possibility of increasing the maximum design temperature in deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel. In the paper, a number of issues related to the use of higher temperatures are reviewed. Both bentonite barriers and argillaceous host rocks are addressed. An application involving the modelling of a large-scale field test conducted at a maximum temperature of 140ºC is presented. It is shown that currently available theoretical formulations and computer codes are capable to deal with temperatures above 100ºC and to reproduce satisfactorily the thermally-induced overpressures in the rock. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a04b20b432c4155a23820eef509acb72022-12-21T23:47:52ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422020-01-012050100110.1051/e3sconf/202020501001e3sconf_icegt2020_01001Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositoriesGens Antonio0de Vasconcelos Ramon B.1Olivella Sebastià2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Recently, there is a tendency to explore the possibility of increasing the maximum design temperature in deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel. In the paper, a number of issues related to the use of higher temperatures are reviewed. Both bentonite barriers and argillaceous host rocks are addressed. An application involving the modelling of a large-scale field test conducted at a maximum temperature of 140ºC is presented. It is shown that currently available theoretical formulations and computer codes are capable to deal with temperatures above 100ºC and to reproduce satisfactorily the thermally-induced overpressures in the rock.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/65/e3sconf_icegt2020_01001.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Gens Antonio de Vasconcelos Ramon B. Olivella Sebastià Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories |
| title_full | Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories |
| title_fullStr | Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories |
| title_short | Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories |
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