Study on Groundwater Flow Characteristics in Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory Project

Imai, Hisashi*; Fukudome, Kazuto*; Kayukawa, Koji*; Sasaki, Hajime*; Chijimatsu, Masakazu*; Moro, Yoshiji*

In order to search for an appropriate methodology of the regional groundwater flowanalysis for sedimentary rock mass area, the following four studies were carried out: 1) Two simulation region setting and data set arrangement of the two region for numerical simulation of groundwater flow 2) Evaluation of regional groundwater flow characteristics in the Horonobe Project site using the results of the numerical simulation and obtained field data 3) Estimation of the shaft excavation effect on the groundwater flow such as the inflow rate of groundwater into the shafts, the chroline contents of groundwater flowing into the shafts and the hydraulic head evolution around the shafts 4) Proposal of desirable investigations for the next stage : the methodology of evaluating groundwater flow characteristics