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For the geological disposal of high level radioactive wastes, after placement of tbe wastes, it is necessary to close off (to be called "sealing" hereafter) the underground potential passages (disposal pits, disposal tunnels, main and connecting tunnels and access tunnels) with an effective combination of engineered barriers such as buffers, backfilling materials, plugs and grout. It is necessary to ensure the long-term durability to isolate disposed wastes in the system. The results of the research works this year are as follows; (1)The objectives are to discuss the design of tunnel sealing experiments at URL site. The results of research were about (a)tracer experiment and numerical analysis (b)evaporation measurement (c)presentation at the coordination meeting (2)The discussion was about the equipment of inclined compaction methods and bearing capacity of rock against pressures for the concrete plugs.

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Investigation on sealing technique in geological disposal

Toida, Masaru*; Masumoto, Kazuhiko*; *; Okutsu, Kazuo*; *

JNC TJ8400 2000-020, 68 Pages, 2000/02

JNC-TJ8400-2000-020.pdf:9.45MB

For the geological disposal of high level radioactive wastes, after placement of the wastes, it is necessary to close off (to be called "sealing" hereafter) the underground potential passages (disposal pits, disposal tunnels, main and connecting tunnels and access tunnels) with an effective combination of engineered barriers such as buffers, backfiling materials, plugs and grout. It is necessary to ensure the long-term durability to isolate disposed wastes in the system. The results of the research works this year are as follows ; (1)The objectives are to discuss the design of tunnel sealing experiments at URL site. The results of research were about (a)tracer experiment and numerical analysis (b)evaporation measurement (c)presentation at the coordination meeting. (2)The discussion was about the equipment of inclined compaction methods and bearing capacity of rock against pressures for the concrete plugs.

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Measurements of thermal properties of buffer materials; Measurement of physical properties of buffer materials and improvement of measuring method

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JNC TJ8400 2000-017, 74 Pages, 2000/02

JNC-TJ8400-2000-017.pdf:1.71MB

The report concerns the improvement of the method measuring thermal conductivity of buffer materials using a thermistor probe and the measurement of thermal conductivity of compacted bentonites and mixtures of bentonite and silica sand using the proposed method measuring thermophysical properties. The method measuring thermal conductivity is improved in accuracy and the apparatus is improved so as to measure easily with more short time. The calculated values of the conventional correlations predicting thermal conductivity of bentonite and mixture were compared with the exising and present data of thermal conductivity of bentonites and mixtures. The correlation proposed by Sakashita and Kumada can predict the best fitted values with the data of the bentonites and Fricke and Bruggeman correlations are fitted with the data for the mixtures with practical accuracy.

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