Predicting hydraulic conductivity of sand-bentonite mixture backfill before and after swelling deformation for underground disposal of radioactive wastes

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 123-134

  Komine, Hideo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Expansive soils; Hydraulic conductivity; Montmorillonite; Radioactive waste disposal; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL MATERIAL; BEFORE AND AFTER; BENTONITE MATERIALS; COMPACTED BENTONITE; DIFFERENT MASS; DISPOSAL FACILITIES; DRY DENSITY; EXPANSIVE SOILS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; MONTMORILLONITE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; SWELLING DEFORMATION; THEORETICAL EQUATION; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL;

BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MIXTURES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; SWELLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; EXPANSIVE SOIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTMORILLONITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SAND; SWELLING; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 77955175401     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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