2nd Petrus-OPERA PhD and early stage researcher conference 2016: Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal

Following from the successful inaugural PhD conference in radioactive waste management and disposal held in Nancy, France in 2015, the 2nd conference in this series was held in Delft, the Netherlands. This unique event intend brought together PhD students and early-stage researchers, alongside professionals and academics in the topic of...

Coupled thermo–hydro–mechanical processes for the Dutch radioactive waste repository

Disposal of spent nuclear fuel and long lived radioactive waste in deep clay geological formations is one of the promising options worldwide. In this concept of the geological disposal system, the Boom Clay is considered as a potential host rock when designing a generic waste repository in the Netherlands. For design and evaluation of a...

Modelling the excavation damaged zone using a hydro-mechanical double-scale model

Disposal of spent nuclear fuel and long lived radioactive waste in deep clay geological formations is one of the promising options worldwide. In this concept of the geological disposal system, the Boom Clay is considered as a potential host rock when designing a generic waste repository in the Netherlands. For design and evaluation of a...

Probabilistic performance assessment of a deep tunnel for a radioactive waste repository in French COx claystone

A preliminary probabilistic study of the stability of a circular drift excavated for a radioactive waste repository in the French Callovo-Oxfordian claystone is presented and discussed. An analytical mechanical model assuming isotropic elastic behaviour and linear plastic softening was used. Particular emphasis here is placed on the uncertainty...