Role of geophysics in identifying and characterizing sites for high-level nuclear waste repositories

1987 ◽  
Vol 92 (B8) ◽  
pp. 7787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Wynn ◽  
Eugene H. Roseboom
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
High Level Nuclear Waste ◽  
High Level ◽  
Waste Repositories

scholarly journals Towards higher temperatures in nuclear waste repositories

2020 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Antonio Gens ◽  
Ramon B. de Vasconcelos ◽  
Sebastià Olivella
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Large Scale Field ◽  
High Level Nuclear Waste ◽  
High Level ◽  
Host Rocks ◽  
Waste Repositories

Recently, there is a tendency to explore the possibility of increasing the maximum design temperature in deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel. In the paper, a number of issues related to the use of higher temperatures are reviewed. Both bentonite barriers and argillaceous host rocks are addressed. An application involving the modelling of a large-scale field test conducted at a maximum temperature of 140ºC is presented. It is shown that currently available theoretical formulations and computer codes are capable to deal with temperatures above 100ºC and to reproduce satisfactorily the thermally-induced overpressures in the rock.

scholarly journals UO2 as New Filling Material for Cesium Retention in High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 854-857
Author(s):  
Albert Martínez-Torrents ◽  
Javier Giménez ◽  
Joan de Pablo ◽  
Ignasi Casas
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Filling Material ◽  
High Level Nuclear Waste ◽  
High Level ◽  
Waste Repositories
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