Conference Agenda

Insights into the Interactions of Clay Minerals and Humic Acids: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Kanato Matsushima¹, Yuta Fukatsu², Takamitsu Ishidera², Ayano Eguchi², Kenji Yotsuji², Yukio Tachi³, Takahiro Ohkubo¹

¹Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Japan; ²Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan; ³Horonobe Underground Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

Tracking bentonite-water interactions by stable-H- and O-isotope exchange over a thermal gradient: First isotopic results from the Alternative Buffer Materials 2 and 5 bentonites

Nadine J. Kanik¹, Fred J. Longstaffe², Arkadiusz Derkowski¹, H. Albert Gilg³

¹Institute of Geological Sciences, PAS, Poland; ²The University of Western Ontario; ³Technical University of Munich

Experimental Study on Evaluation Method of Apparent Erosion Rate Constant of Bentonite using X-ray CT Images

Norihisa Osawa¹, Tomoko Ishii^1,2, Kenji Ishii³, Yuichi Niibori²

¹Taiheiyo Consultant Co., Ltd., Japan; ²Tohoku University, Japan; ³Kajima Corporation, Japan

The Hydro-mechanical Interaction between Different Tunnel Support Strategies and the Excavation Damaged Zone (EDZ)

Sina Shivaei¹, Maximilian Schoen¹, Arash Alimardani Lavasan², Torsten Wichtmann¹

¹Chair of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Environmental Geotechnics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; ²Department of Civil Engineering, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Gas transport along granite/bentonite interfaces

Vanesa Gutiérrez Rodrigo, Pedro Luis Martín Martín, María Victoria Villar Galicia

CIEMAT, Spain