Clays in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste confinement

• Other Authors: Norris, S. (Editor), Bruno, J. (Editor), Cathelineau, Michel (Editor), Delage, P. (Editor), Fairhurst, Charles (Editor), Gaucher, E. C. (Editor), Höhn, E. H. (Editor), Kalinichev, A. (Editor), Lalieux, P. (Editor), Sellin, P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : The Geological Society, 2014.
• Series: Geological Society special publication ; no. 400.
• Subjects: Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.; Clay.; Clay minerals.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781523122578; 1523122579; 9781862396548; 186239654X
• ISSN: 0305-8719 ;
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 632 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Table of Contents:

• Clays in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste confinement : an introduction / S. Norris
• Three decades of underground research laboratories : what have we learned? / J. Delay, P. Bossart, L.X. Ling, I. Blechschmidt, M. Ohlsson, A. Vinsot, C. Nussbaum & N. Maes
• Large scale geological characterization. Long-term evolution of the surface environment of the Campine area, northeastern Belgium, first assessment / K. Beerten, M. De Craen & B. Leterme
• Earth tidal and barometric responses observed in the Callovo-Oxfordian clay formation at Andra Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory / M. Delcourt-Honorez & E. Scholz
• Clay based concept/Large scale experiments. Enhanced sealing project (ESP) : evolution of a full-sized bentonite and concrete shaft seal / D.A. Dixon, D.G. Priyanto, J.B. Martino, M. De Combarieu, R. Johansson, P. Korkeakoski & J. Villagran
• EBS behaviour immediately after repository closure in a clay host rock : HE-E experiment (Mont Terri URL) / I. Gaus, K. Wieczorek, K. Schuster, B. Garitte, R. Senger, R. Vasoncelos & J.C. Mayor
• Self-sealing experiments and gas injection tests in a backfilled microtunnel of the Mont Terri URL / G.W. Lanyon, P. Marschall, T. Trick, R. de La Vaissière, H. Shao & H. Leung
• Installation of the PRACLAY seal and heater / P. Van Marcke, X.L. Li, G.J. Chen, J. Verstricht, W. Bastiaens & X. Sillen
• Hydro-chemical modelling of in situ behaviour of bituminized radioactive waste in boom clay / N. Mokni, S. Olivella, E. Valcke, N. Bleyen, S. Smets, X. Li & X. Sillen
• Studies of construction methods for bentonite engineered barrier systems for sub-surface disposal : vibratory compaction / A. Yamada, Y. Akiyama, M. Nakajima, T. Yada, M. Chijimatsu & T. Nakajima
• Hydrodynamical modelling. Analysis of the ambient conditions in an IL-LLW storage cell in a deep clay repository during the waiting closure period / L.-V. Bénet, C. Bouillet & J. Wendling
• Regional groundwater flow modelling of the confined aquifers below the boom clay in NE Belgium / K. Vandersteen, M. Gedeon, J. Marivoet & L. Wouters
• Geochemistry. Microbial processes relevant for the long-term performance of high-level radioactive waste repositories in clays / A. Meleshyn
• Two-phase-flow pore-size simulations in opalinus clay by the lattice Boltzmann method / M. Dymitrowska, A. Pazdniakou & P.M. Adler
• Oxidation front and oxygen transfer in the fractured zone surrounding the Meuse/Haute-Marne URL drifts in the Callovian-Oxfordian argillaceous rock / A. Vinsot, F. Leveau, A. Bouchet & A. Arnould
• Effect of montmorillonite content on mechanical and hydraulic properties of bentonite and its numerical modelling / Y. Takayama, S. Tsurumi, I. Kobayashi, H. Ohwada, T. Ishii, R. Yahagi & A. Iizuka
• Reactive transport modelling of iron-bentonite interaction within the KBS-3H disposal concept : the Olkiluoto site as a case study / P. Wesin & M. Birgersson
• Geomechanics. Thermo-hydraulic modelling of the bentonite buffer in deposition hole 6 of the Prototype Repository / D. Malmerg & O. Kristensson
• Coupled hydromechanical modelling of the mine-by experiment at Meuse-Haute-Marne underground rock laboratory France / K. Yildizdag, H. Shao, J. Hesser, A. Noiret & J. Soennke
• Excavation-induced fractures network surrounding tunnel : properties and evolution under loading / R. de La Vaissière, J. Morel, A. Noiret, P. Côte, B. Helmlinger, R. Sohrabi, J.-M. Lavanchy, F. Leveau, C. Nussbaum & J. Morel
• Measuring hydraulic conductivity and swelling pressure under high hydraulic gradients / L. Hausmannova & R. Vasicek
• Pore-pressure cycling experiments on Mx80 bentonite / C.C. Graham, J.F. Harrington, R.J. Cuss & P. Sellin
• Mechanical interpretations of the homogeneous nature of bentonite due to swelling / I. Kobayahsi, K. Suzuki, H. Asano, P. Sellin, C. Svemar & M. Holmqvist
• Characterization of excavated claystone and claystone-bentonite mixtures as backfill/seal material / C.-L. Zhang
• Equivalent upscaled hydro-mechanical properties of a damaged and fractured claystone around a gallery (Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory) / R. Ababou, I Cañamón & A. Poutrel
• Numerical modelling of moisture controlled laboratory swelling/shrinkage experiments on argillaceous rocks / W.J. Xu, H. Shao, J. Hesser & O. Kolditz
• Analytical modelling of a deep tunnel in a viscoplastic rock mass accounting for a simplified life cycle and extension to a particular case of porous media / F. Deleruyelle, T.A. Bui, H. Wong & N. Dufour
• Self-sealing barriers of sand/clay mixtures : lessons learnt from in situ experiment and retrospective modelling / O. Czaikowski, R. Miehe & T. Rothfuchs
• Preliminary modelling of the saturation of a full-sized clay and concrete shaft seal / D.G. Priyanto, D.A. Dixon, C.-S. Kim, P. Korkeakoski & J.E. Villagran
• Evolution of temperature and humidity in an underground repository over the operation period / L.-V. Bénet, C. Tulita, L. Calsyn & J. Wendling
• Mass transfer/gas transfer. Gas injection test in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone : data analysis and numerical modelling / R. de La Vaissière, P. Gerard, J.-P. Radu, R. Charlier, F. Collin, S. Granet, J. Talandier, M. Piedevache & B. Helmlinger
• Full-scale 3D modelling of a nuclear waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian clay, part 1 : thermo-hydraulic two-phase transport of water and hydrogen / J. Brommundt, Th.U. Kaempfer, C.P. Enssle, G. Mayer & J. Wendling
• Full-scale 3D modelling of a nuclear waste repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian clay, part 2 : thermo-hydraulic two-phase transport of water, hydrogen, ¹⁴C and ¹²⁹I / C.P. Enssle, J. Brommundt, Th.U. Kaempfer, G. Mayer & J. Wendling
• Analysis of the long-term hydraulic-gas transient in the central zone of a deep clay repository / L.-V. Bénet, C. Tulita, A. Pasteau & J. Wendling
• Phenomena exposure from large scale gas injection test (Lasgit) dataset using a bespoke data analysis toolkit / D.P. Bennett, R.J. Cuss, P.J. Vardon, J.F. Harrington & H.R. Thomas
• Experimental observations of mechanical dilation at the onset of gas flow in Callovo-Oxfordian claystone / R. Cuss, J. Harrington, R. Giot & C. Auvray
• Laboratory gas injection tests of compacted bentonite buffer material for TRU waste disposal / K. Namiki, H. Asano, S. Takahashi, T. Shimura & K. Hirota
• Characterization of gas flow through low-permeability claystone : laboratory experiments and two-phase flow analyses / R. Senger, E. Romero, A. Ferrari & P. Marschall
• Extended two-phase flow model with mechanical capability to simulate gas migration in bentonite / Y. Tawara, A. Hazart, K. Mori, K. Tada, T. Shimura, S. Sato, S. Yamamoto, H. Asano & K. Namiki
• In situ diffusion test of hydrogen gas in the opalinus clay / A. Vinsot, C.A.J. Appelo, M. Lundy, S. Wechner, Y. Lettry, C. Lerouge, A.M. Fernández, M. Labat, C. Tournassat, P. De Canniere, B. Schwyn, J. McKelvie, S. Dewonck, P. Bossart & J. Delay
• Mass transfer mechanisms. Experimental study on diffusion of tritiated water and anions under variable water-saturation and clay mineral content : comparison with the Callovo-Oxfordian claystones / S. Savoye, C. Imbert, A. Fayette & D. Coelho
• Long-term impact of temperature on the hydraulic permeability of bentonite / J.F. Harrington, G. Volckaert & D.J. Noy
• The uncertainties associated with the application of through-diffusion, the steady-state method : a case study of strontium diffusion / J. Gondolli & P. Večerník
• Model validation based on in situ radionuclide migration tests in boom clay : status of a large-scale migration experiment, 24 years after injection / E. Weetjens, N. Maes & L. van Ravestyn.