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A large scale in situ demonstration test for repository sealing in an argillaceous host rock - phase II

Objective

An essential item for the long-term safety of high-level waste underground repositories is the backfilling and sealing of access shafts and connection galleries. The main objective of RESEAL II is to demonstrate on a representative scale that the sealing of a shaft i.e. the "experimental" shaft of the HADES underground laboratory, with a low permeability powder/pellets mixture of bentonite avoids preferential migration of water, gas or radionuclides either through the seal of through the excavation disturbed zone around it. The mechanical stability of the seal under accidental overpressure conditions will be also tested. A tracer diffusion in the host clay formation around the seal will allow to study, by modelling, the migration parameters of the excavation disturb ed zone. Hydro-mechanical models will be applied for the interpretation of the test results and consequently to demonstrate our understanding of the seal behaviour.

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BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE
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200,boeretang 200
2400 Mol
Belgium

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Participants (4)

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS
Spain
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22,avenida Complutense 22
28040 Madrid

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COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
France
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Centre D'etudes De Saclay
91191 Gif Sur Yvette

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NATIONAL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AGENCY OF FRANCE
France
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Rue Jean Monnet 1-7
92298 Chatenay Malabry

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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
Spain
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S/n,jordi Girona 1-3, Modul D2, Campus Nord
08034 Barcelona

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