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Title: Report on International Collaboration Involving the FE Heater and HG-A Tests at Mont Terri

Abstract

Nuclear waste programs outside of the US have focused on different host rock types for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Several countries, including France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Japan are exploring the possibility of waste disposal in shale and other clay-rich rock that fall within the general classification of argillaceous rock. This rock type is also of interest for the US program because the US has extensive sedimentary basins containing large deposits of argillaceous rock. LBNL, as part of the DOE-NE Used Fuel Disposition Campaign, is collaborating on some of the underground research laboratory (URL) activities at the Mont Terri URL near Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland. The Mont Terri project, which began in 1995, has developed a URL at a depth of about 300 m in a stiff clay formation called the Opalinus Clay. Our current collaboration efforts include two test modeling activities for the FE heater test and the HG-A leak-off test. This report documents results concerning our current modeling of these field tests. The overall objectives of these activities include an improved understanding of and advanced relevant modeling capabilities for EDZ evolution in clay repositories and the associated coupled processes, and to develop a technical basis for the maximum allowablemore » temperature for a clay repository.« less

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1131035
Report Number(s):
LBNL-6635E
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

Citation Formats

Houseworth, Jim, Rutqvist, Jonny, Asahina, Daisuke, Chen, Fei, Vilarrasa, Victor, Liu, Hui-Hai, and Birkholzer, Jens. Report on International Collaboration Involving the FE Heater and HG-A Tests at Mont Terri. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1131035.
Houseworth, Jim, Rutqvist, Jonny, Asahina, Daisuke, Chen, Fei, Vilarrasa, Victor, Liu, Hui-Hai, & Birkholzer, Jens. Report on International Collaboration Involving the FE Heater and HG-A Tests at Mont Terri. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1131035
Houseworth, Jim, Rutqvist, Jonny, Asahina, Daisuke, Chen, Fei, Vilarrasa, Victor, Liu, Hui-Hai, and Birkholzer, Jens. 2013. "Report on International Collaboration Involving the FE Heater and HG-A Tests at Mont Terri". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1131035. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1131035.
@article{osti_1131035,
title = {Report on International Collaboration Involving the FE Heater and HG-A Tests at Mont Terri},
author = {Houseworth, Jim and Rutqvist, Jonny and Asahina, Daisuke and Chen, Fei and Vilarrasa, Victor and Liu, Hui-Hai and Birkholzer, Jens},
abstractNote = {Nuclear waste programs outside of the US have focused on different host rock types for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. Several countries, including France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Japan are exploring the possibility of waste disposal in shale and other clay-rich rock that fall within the general classification of argillaceous rock. This rock type is also of interest for the US program because the US has extensive sedimentary basins containing large deposits of argillaceous rock. LBNL, as part of the DOE-NE Used Fuel Disposition Campaign, is collaborating on some of the underground research laboratory (URL) activities at the Mont Terri URL near Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland. The Mont Terri project, which began in 1995, has developed a URL at a depth of about 300 m in a stiff clay formation called the Opalinus Clay. Our current collaboration efforts include two test modeling activities for the FE heater test and the HG-A leak-off test. This report documents results concerning our current modeling of these field tests. The overall objectives of these activities include an improved understanding of and advanced relevant modeling capabilities for EDZ evolution in clay repositories and the associated coupled processes, and to develop a technical basis for the maximum allowable temperature for a clay repository.},
doi = {10.2172/1131035},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1131035}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}