Feasibility Study of a deep geological repository in France dossier 2005
- Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Dechets Radioactifs (ANDRA), 92 - Chatenay Malabry (France)
To fulfill its obligations as stipulated in the 1991 French Waste Act, ANDRA submitted the Dossier 2005 to French Government on 30 June 2005. This Dossier reports on Andra's feasibility study pertaining to deep geological disposal of high level and long lived radioactive waste. It presents the result of a waste inventory and of site characterization, as well as the engineering, science, and safety studies, used to demonstrate technological feasibility, adequate scientific understanding of all relevant processes, reversibility, and operational and long term safety of the studied repository concept. The Dossier 2005 Argile presents the outcome of this research program focused on: - Site characterization, laboratory and in-situ experiments, URL with experiments in progress, site and regional-scale, hydrogeologic, seismic and climate evolution studies; - Data acquisition on waste forms, material behavior, understanding of long-term physical and chemical processes; - Design of a repository system, its architecture and integration into a geological site, commensurate with long term safety and reversible management; - Safety of construction, operation and closure of the underground facility; - Repository behavior and evolution - detailed understanding of thermal, mechanical, chemical and hydraulic phenomena, their modeling and numerical simulation; and - Long-term safety evaluation and repository performance assessment. Main results of Dossier 2005 Argile are summarized in this paper. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21294606
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-09-WM-07009; TRN: US10V0007040796
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM'07: 2007 Waste Management Symposium - Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Education and Opportunity for the Next Generation of Waste Management Professionals, Tucson, AZ (United States), 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2007; Other Information: Country of input: France
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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