Transferability of geoscientific information from various sources (study sites, underground rock laboratories, natural analogues) to support safety cases for radioactive waste repositories in argillaceous formations

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Mazurek, Martin ^a   Gautschi, Andreas ^b   Marschall, Paul ^b   Vigneron, Georges ^c   Lebon, Patrick ^c   Delay, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^c ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Argillaceous formation; Callovo Oxfordian shale; Geological disposal; Opalinus Clay; Transferability

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MINERALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; ROCKS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARGILLACEOUS FORMATION; CALLOVO-OXFORDIAN SHALE; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; OPALINUS CLAY; TRANSFERABILITY;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; CLAY MINERAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; OPAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SHALE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949087327     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.046     Document Type: Article

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