The French underground research laboratory in Bure as a precursor for deep geological repositories

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-111

  Delay, Jacques ^a   Lesavre, André ^a   Wileveau, Yannick ^a  

^a ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Argillaceous rocks; Callovian Oxfordian; Deep geological disposal; Nuclear waste management; Underground research laboratory

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS; ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; CALLOVIAN-OXFORDIAN; DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; UNDERGROUND REPOSITORIES; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

EID: 84866180809     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.4119(10)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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