Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory
<p>Any site selection process for a final repository for high-level and heat producing radioactive waste is a national challenge and has to take into account, among others, regional geological settings. In Germany, the site selection has to restart from zero, and all potential host rocks have...
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| author | K. Schuster M. Furche H. Shao J. Hesser J.-M. Hertzsch W. Gräsle D. Rebscher |
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| description | <p>Any site selection process for a final repository for
high-level and heat producing radioactive waste is a national challenge and
has to take into account, among others, regional geological settings. In
Germany, the site selection has to restart from zero, and all potential host
rocks have to be considered equal, including argillaceous rocks. Therefore,
the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) performs
appropriate experiments in the Swiss Mont Terri rock laboratory, which is
located in the Jurassic Opalinus Clay. In this paper, activities and results
from actual and still ongoing experiments, with participation of BGR, are
presented exemplarily. All experiments aim for a contribution to understand
particular aspects regarding the behaviour of underground facilities, BGR's
focus lies mainly on aspects of the early lifetime of a repository, namely
the construction, post-closure transient, and partly post-closure
equilibrium phases. It is obvious that for a full understanding of the
evolution of a final repository, knowledge and experience of many different
groups, their studies and results covering all aspects, have to be included.
In this paper, we can only emphasise a few representative examples on
geophysical and geotechnical in-situ site investigations, geotechnical
mine-by monitoring, laboratory investigations, and modelling aspects. The
combined interpretation of these results enhance interpretations and is a
prerequisite for a comprehensive understanding of a repository.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f71d33d499b442189267b2a29b434012022-12-22T01:05:49ZengCopernicus PublicationsAdvances in Geosciences1680-73401680-73592019-10-014917518610.5194/adgeo-49-175-2019Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratoryK. SchusterM. FurcheH. ShaoJ. HesserJ.-M. HertzschW. GräsleD. Rebscher<p>Any site selection process for a final repository for high-level and heat producing radioactive waste is a national challenge and has to take into account, among others, regional geological settings. In Germany, the site selection has to restart from zero, and all potential host rocks have to be considered equal, including argillaceous rocks. Therefore, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) performs appropriate experiments in the Swiss Mont Terri rock laboratory, which is located in the Jurassic Opalinus Clay. In this paper, activities and results from actual and still ongoing experiments, with participation of BGR, are presented exemplarily. All experiments aim for a contribution to understand particular aspects regarding the behaviour of underground facilities, BGR's focus lies mainly on aspects of the early lifetime of a repository, namely the construction, post-closure transient, and partly post-closure equilibrium phases. It is obvious that for a full understanding of the evolution of a final repository, knowledge and experience of many different groups, their studies and results covering all aspects, have to be included. In this paper, we can only emphasise a few representative examples on geophysical and geotechnical in-situ site investigations, geotechnical mine-by monitoring, laboratory investigations, and modelling aspects. The combined interpretation of these results enhance interpretations and is a prerequisite for a comprehensive understanding of a repository.</p>https://www.adv-geosci.net/49/175/2019/adgeo-49-175-2019.pdf |
| spellingShingle | K. Schuster M. Furche H. Shao J. Hesser J.-M. Hertzsch W. Gräsle D. Rebscher Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory Advances in Geosciences |
| title | Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory |
| title_full | Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory |
| title_short | Understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments – selected investigations at Mont Terri rock laboratory |
| title_sort | understanding the evolution of nuclear waste repositories by performing appropriate experiments selected investigations at mont terri rock laboratory |
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