Investigations in granite at Stripa, Sweden for nuclear waste storage

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6071665

Witherspoon, P A; Gale, J E; Cook, N G.W.

Fuel-scale and time-scaled heater experiments are underway in a large granite rock mass adjacent to an abandoned iron-ore mine at Stripa, Sweden. Predicted and measured temperature fields over the past several months are in excellent agreement for both series, but discontinuities are affecting the mechanical behavior. Fracture hydrology is also being investigated. (DLC)

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.; Waterloo Univ., Ontario (Canada)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6071665
• Report Number(s): LBL-8801; CONF-790602-37
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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