Studies on the In-Situ Experiments with Respect to Disposal Engineering in Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory

Kurihara, Yuji; Yui, Mikazu; Tanai, Kenji ; Kawakami, Susumu; Sugita, Yutaka ; Taniguchi, Naoki ; Hirai, Takashi

In this paper, the items of in-situ experiments at Horonobe URL with respect to the technical issues about reliability of long-term behavior of engineered barrier system were extracted. And the concepts of the experiments were studied from several points of view such as verification of models and getting the actual behavior. Extracted items of the in-situ experiments are as follows. Coupled Phenomena Test (THMC Test), Buffer & Rock Creep Test, Gas Migration Test, Over-pack Corrosion Test, High-pH Influence Test, Low Alkaline Concrete Execution Test, Engineering-Barrier Emplacement Test, Tunnel Plugging Test.