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The Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory: Final evaluation of the hydrogeochemical pre-investigations in relation to existing geologic and hydraulic conditions

Abstract

The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Management Company (SKB) is currently excavating the access tunnel to an underground experimental laboratory, the Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory, planned to be located some 500m below the Island of Aespoe which is located in the Simpevarp area, southeast Sweden. The construction of an underground laboratory forms part of the overall SKB strategy to test, not only the construction techniques for deep excavation, but also the various methods and protocols required to obtain a three-dimensional model of the geology and groundwater flow and chemistry, within a fractured crystalline bedrock similar to that envisaged for the final disposal of spent fuel. The hydrogeochemical activities described and interpreted in this report form part of the initial preinvestigation phase (from the surface to around 1000m depth) aimed at siting the laboratory, describing the natural hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical conditions in the bedrock and predicting the changes that will occur during excavation and construction of the laboratory. Hydrogeochemical interpretation has therefore been closely integrated with the hydrogeological investigations and other disciplines of major influence, in particular, bedrock geology and geochemistry and fracture mineralogy and chemistry. A large section of this report has been devoted to the detailed investigation of each individual  More>>
Authors:
Smellie, J; [1]  Laaksoharju, M [2] 
  1. Conterra AB, Uppsala (Sweden)
  2. GeoPoint AB, Stockholm (Sweden)
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
SKB-TR-92-31
Reference Number:
SCA: 540350; 052002; PA: AIX-24:037772; SN: 93000979529
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1992
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; GEOLOGIC FRACTURES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LIQUID FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; ROCK-FLUID INTERACTIONS; SWEDEN; TEST FACILITIES; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; WATER INFLUX; 540350; 052002; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
OSTI ID:
10148917
Research Organizations:
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm (Sweden)
Country of Origin:
Sweden
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93623397; TRN: SE9300077037772
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
SWDN
Size:
[282] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Smellie, J, and Laaksoharju, M. The Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory: Final evaluation of the hydrogeochemical pre-investigations in relation to existing geologic and hydraulic conditions. Sweden: N. p., 1992. Web.
Smellie, J, & Laaksoharju, M. The Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory: Final evaluation of the hydrogeochemical pre-investigations in relation to existing geologic and hydraulic conditions. Sweden.
Smellie, J, and Laaksoharju, M. 1992. "The Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory: Final evaluation of the hydrogeochemical pre-investigations in relation to existing geologic and hydraulic conditions." Sweden.
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title = {The Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory: Final evaluation of the hydrogeochemical pre-investigations in relation to existing geologic and hydraulic conditions}
author = {Smellie, J, and Laaksoharju, M}
abstractNote = {The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Management Company (SKB) is currently excavating the access tunnel to an underground experimental laboratory, the Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory, planned to be located some 500m below the Island of Aespoe which is located in the Simpevarp area, southeast Sweden. The construction of an underground laboratory forms part of the overall SKB strategy to test, not only the construction techniques for deep excavation, but also the various methods and protocols required to obtain a three-dimensional model of the geology and groundwater flow and chemistry, within a fractured crystalline bedrock similar to that envisaged for the final disposal of spent fuel. The hydrogeochemical activities described and interpreted in this report form part of the initial preinvestigation phase (from the surface to around 1000m depth) aimed at siting the laboratory, describing the natural hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical conditions in the bedrock and predicting the changes that will occur during excavation and construction of the laboratory. Hydrogeochemical interpretation has therefore been closely integrated with the hydrogeological investigations and other disciplines of major influence, in particular, bedrock geology and geochemistry and fracture mineralogy and chemistry. A large section of this report has been devoted to the detailed investigation of each individual zone hydraulically selected, tested and sampled for hydrogeochemical characterization. The data have been used to describe the chemistry and origin of the Aespoe groundwaters, models have been developed to illustrate groundwater mixing and standard geochemical modelling approaches have been employed to understand rock/water interaction processes. An attempt has been made to integrate the hydrogeochemical information with known geological and hydrogeological parameters to construct a conceptual groundwater flow model for the island.}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1992}
month = {Nov}
}