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Design study for a macropermeability test in an argillaceous formation (Boom clay)

Abstract

In the present report a test design has been developed for determining the in-situ permeability of the Boom clay on a large scale at the Mol site (Belgium). Since in the Boom clay at the Mol site an Underground Repository Facility (URF) is operational the test has been designed to be run in or from this facility. The proposal is an in-situ macropermeability test with a set-up comprising a central borehole (metric scale in length) designed to allow various types of control of the water-level, surrounded by a lattice of piezometers installed in the clay mass for the monitoring of the interstitial water pressure changes in function of the various water-level controls. In one part the report describes the potential set-ups and a theoretical background as far as it can be done on the basis of existing literature and experiments. In a second part the method (technical and practical data of a test set-up) is described and documented. The method proposed is largely based on the several years of expertise gained within the field of in-situ migration and hydrogeologic investigations in the Hades-URF. 14 refs., 9 figs., 2 tabs.
Authors:
Bronders, J [1] 
  1. Centre d`Etude de l`Energie Nucleaire, Mol (Belgium)
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
EUR-14478
Reference Number:
SCA: 052002; PA: AIX-24:030594; SN: 93000956036
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1992
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CLAYS; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; BELGIUM; FIELD TESTS; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; RESERVOIR FLUIDS; RESERVOIR PRESSURE; 052002; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
OSTI ID:
10132206
Research Organizations:
Commission of the European Communities, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Country of Origin:
CEC
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: TI93619587; CNN: Contract Fl1W/0145; TRN: XE9300007030594
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[64] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Bronders, J. Design study for a macropermeability test in an argillaceous formation (Boom clay). CEC: N. p., 1992. Web.
Bronders, J. Design study for a macropermeability test in an argillaceous formation (Boom clay). CEC.
Bronders, J. 1992. "Design study for a macropermeability test in an argillaceous formation (Boom clay)." CEC.
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title = {Design study for a macropermeability test in an argillaceous formation (Boom clay)}
author = {Bronders, J}
abstractNote = {In the present report a test design has been developed for determining the in-situ permeability of the Boom clay on a large scale at the Mol site (Belgium). Since in the Boom clay at the Mol site an Underground Repository Facility (URF) is operational the test has been designed to be run in or from this facility. The proposal is an in-situ macropermeability test with a set-up comprising a central borehole (metric scale in length) designed to allow various types of control of the water-level, surrounded by a lattice of piezometers installed in the clay mass for the monitoring of the interstitial water pressure changes in function of the various water-level controls. In one part the report describes the potential set-ups and a theoretical background as far as it can be done on the basis of existing literature and experiments. In a second part the method (technical and practical data of a test set-up) is described and documented. The method proposed is largely based on the several years of expertise gained within the field of in-situ migration and hydrogeologic investigations in the Hades-URF. 14 refs., 9 figs., 2 tabs.}
place = {CEC}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}