IN SITU DEMONSTRATION OF THE SETTING UP OF AN ENGINEERED BARRIER IN GRANITE.

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FI1W0207

Project closed

Start date 1 August 1988

End date 31 March 1990

Funded under

• Research and development programme (Euratom) on the management and storage of radioactive waste, 1985-1989

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France

Objective

THE EXPERIMENT WILL SERVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE INSTALLATION SCENARIO ALREADY TESTED ON A MOCK-UP OF A SINGLE CONTAINER OF VITRIFIED WASTE, CAN BE EXTRAPOLATED TO SOME TWENTY OR SO GLASS CONTAINERS.

THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE GRANITE FORMATION AT FANAY-AUGERES. AFTER THE DEMONSTRATION SHAFTS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERISED AND CONSTRUCTED ON A 1/1 SCALE AT THE FANAY MINE, SIMULATED CONTAINERS OF VITRIFIED WASTE WILL BE PLACED IN THESE SHAFTS ALONG WITH THE BACKFILLING MATERIAL (PRESELECTED FULLER'S EARTH). THE TECHNOLOGY FOR SETTING UP THE ENGINEERED BARRIER WILL BE BASED ON THE LOWERING OF BASKETS CONTAINING TRIANGULAR PIECES OF CLAY.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › materials engineering

Programme(s)

• FP1-RADWASTOM 3C - Research and development programme (Euratom) on the management and storage of radioactive waste, 1985-1989

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Centre d'Études de Fontenay-aux-Roses ; 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

ENRESA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: MADRID
• Total cost: No data