A case study on the influence of THM coupling on the near field safety of a spent fuel repository in sparsely fractured granite

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1239-1254

  Nguyen, Thanh Son ^a   Börgesson, Lennart ^b   Chijimatsu, Masakazu ^c   Hernelind, Jan ^d   Jing, Lanru ^e   Kobayashi, Akira ^f   Rutqvist, Jonny ^g  

^a CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

^b CLAY TECHNOLOGY AB   (Sweden)

^c Hazama Cooperation   (Japan)

^d FEM Tech AB   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled processes; Damage; Excavation disturbed zone; Hydraulic; In situ underground experiments; Mechanical; Permeability; Safety assessment; Thermal

Indexed keywords

COUPLED PROCESSES; DAMAGE; EXCAVATION DISTURBED ZONE; IN-SITU UNDERGROUND EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL; PERMEABILITY; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; THERMAL;

CAPILLARITY; DAMAGE DETECTION; EXCAVATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRAULICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPENT FUELS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

BOREHOLE; DAMAGE; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POROELASTICITY; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; SAFETY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349225124     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1565-9     Document Type: Article

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