Rock stress measurements for the underground nuclear Waste repository in Finland

ISRM International Symposium - EUROCK 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 419-426

  Ohberg, A ^a   Tolppanen, P ^a   Ljunggren, C ^b   Klasson, H ^b  

^a Saanio & Riekkola Oy   (Finland)

^b Vattenfall Hydropower AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FINAL DISPOSALS; FINLAND; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING METHODS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; OVER CORING; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; WATER-FILLED BOREHOLE;

STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 85030965738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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