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Thermal Analysis of Options for Spent Fuel Disposal in Switzerland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Tetsuo Sasaki ,
Kenichi Ando ,
Hideki Kaw Amura ,
Jürg W. Schneider  and
Ian G. McKinley
Tetsuo Sasaki
Affiliation:
Design Department No. 2, Civil Engineering Technical Division, OBAYASHI CORPORATION, -2–9 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
Kenichi Ando
Affiliation:
Design Department No. 2, Civil Engineering Technical Division, OBAYASHI CORPORATION, -2–9 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
Hideki Kaw Amura
Affiliation:
Design Department No. 2, Civil Engineering Technical Division, OBAYASHI CORPORATION, -2–9 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
Jürg W. Schneider
Affiliation:
NAGRA, National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Hardstrasse 73, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland.
Ian G. McKinley
Affiliation:
NAGRA, National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Hardstrasse 73, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland.
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Abstract

In parallel to studies of disposal of vitrified high-level waste from reprocessing, projects have been initiated to examine options for direct disposal of spent fuel in Switzerland. The basic concept involves in-tunnel emplacement of encapsulated spent fuel in a deep repository which is backfilled with compacted bentonite. Two possible host rocks are considered - crystalline basement and Opalinus Clay. This paper reports the results of a thermal analysis which was carried out to evaluate constraints on repository layout set by the desire to limit temperatures experienced by the bentonite backfill.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 1133
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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