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Project Opalinus Clay – Geoscientific Basis for the Demonstration of Feasibility of Disposal (Entsorgungsnachweis) for SF, Vitrified HLW and Long-Lived ILW in Switzerland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

A. Gautschi ,
A. Lambert  and
P. Zuidema
A. Gautschi
Affiliation:
Nagra, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
A. Lambert
Affiliation:
Nagra, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
P. Zuidema
Affiliation:
Nagra, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
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Abstract

Nagra - the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste - has completed a study to determine the suitability of Opalinus Clay as a host rock for a SF/HLW/ILW repository in a potential siting area (reference repository site) in the Zürcher Weinland in northeastern Switzerland. Geoscientific information has been used to a wide extent for the demonstration of siting and engineering feasibility, and for the demonstration of long-term safety. It is shown that the selected area in the Zürcher Weinland fulfils the fundamental requirements placed on a siting area for a deep geological repository and that, in terms of the Opalinus Clay host rock option, the geological environment is advantageous.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 893
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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