Objetivo The PROGRESS programme of work is proposed consisting of three components: GASGEN: Gas Generation in Radioactive Waste Repositories There is currently a good understanding of the principal gas generating mechanisms within a repository for low- and intermediate-level waste (LLW and ILW respectively), although there remain uncertainties, in particular relating to the kinetics of the microbial degradation of organic wastes. There exists a variety of experimental measurements on individual gas generatin processes, as well as global gas generation measurements on real waste packages it is necessary to establish a scientific understanding of the relationship between these two types of measurements. The aims of this project are therefore - to develop a correlation between measurement results for gas generation and characteristic parameters of the waste that are easy to determine; - to interpret and analyse the available experimental data in order to gain increased confidence in the predictions of existing gas generation models, and to develop a tool to enable realistic predictions of gas generation within individual waste packages; - to supplement existing experimental measurements by undertaking a large-scale gas generation experiment in an underground research laboratory. GAMERS: Gas Migration in European Repository Systems Although understanding of gas migration in porous media is reasonably advanced, there is a need to obtain a clearer understanding of the way in which gas migrates in different European repository systems. Two host rocks that will be investigated in this project are: * low-permeability fractured hard rock, for which the aims are: - to improve understanding of gas migration and gas-water interaction processes in individual or intersecting pairs of fractures; - to elucidate the mechanisms of field-scale gas migration through water-saturated fractured rock, and to study the localisation of gas upon release at the land surface; - to investigate the role of microbubbles as a mechanism for gas migration. - salt, for which the aims are: - to derive design requirements for a saline repository by application of the tools developed in the Third EC Framework; - to provide necessary input for realistic calculations of the consequences of gas generation; - to complete code development by including host rock convergence. GEOGAS: Gas Conductivity of Geological Structures as a Site Characterisation Tool Detailed soil-gas analyses of natural, deep-sourced He, Rn, H2, CO2 and other natural gases will be evaluated in conjunction with 3-D interpretations of the geological structures and hydrogeological regimes of sites in dirferent rock formations. Sites in fractured granitic rocks, mixed clay and aquifer sequences, and sedimentary formations overlying fractured basement rocks will be evaluated. This will provide various information relating to the migration of gases in the vicinity of each site. The information will be interpreted to assist with the evaluation of two important issues in site characterisation: - spatial variability in gas and hydraulic conductivity of formations and structural features in different geological environments, in particular the location of direct connections from depth to surface; - the ability of the far-field geological formations to dissipate gas generated in a deep repository. Programa(s) EAEC-NFS 2 - Specific research and training programme in the field of nuclear safety and safeguards, 1994-1998 Tema(s) 030305 - Gas generation and transport Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Harwell Laboratory OX11 0RA Didcot Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (13) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 200,Boeretang 200 2400 MOL Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße 52425 Juelich Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Institut für Sicherheitstechnologie GmbH Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1,Schwestnergasse 50667 Köln Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Ismes SpA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Giulio Cesare 29 24124 Bergamo Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Natural Environment Research Council Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección NG12 5GG Nottingham Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Quantisci Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 45 Station Road RG9 1AT Henley-on-Thames Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Tietotie 2 02044 ESPOO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Technical Research Centre of Finland Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 4B,Tekniikantie 4B 2044 Espoo Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Teollisuuden Voima Oy Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 27160 Olkiluoto Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección S/N,Jordi Girona 1-3, Modul D2, Campus Nord 08034 BARCELONA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITY OF ROME "LA SAPIENZA" Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 5,Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 00185 ROMA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos University of Birmingham Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Edgbaston B15 2TT Birmingham Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos University of Exeter Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Laver Building North Park Road EX4 4QE Exeter Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
