Study on flow and mass transport through fractured sedimentary rocks, 3
Shimo, Michito*; Kumamoto, So*; Ito, Akira*; Karasaki, Kenji*; Sawada, Atsushi
; Oda, Yoshihiro
; Sato, Hisashi
It is important for safety assessment of HLW geological disposal to evaluate groundwater flow and mass transport in deep underground appropriately. Though it is considered that the mass transport in sedimentary rock occurs in pores between grains mainly, fractures of sedimentary rock can be main paths. In this study the following three tasks were carried out: (1) laboratory hydraulic and tracer experiments using the rock cores of Wakkanai formation, (2) a study on the tracer test and sampling technique for the larger scale, (3) a study on the reduction technique of uncertainty of the hydrogeological models using data from surface-based investigation. On the block scale tracer test technique, the sampling technique using wire saw and tracer test technique using block samples were suggested. As for the reduction technique of uncertainty of the hydrogeological model, availability of the information other than pressure data, such as the temperature and salinity and all, were presented.