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Session
Poster exhibition #3
Time:
Wednesday, 27/Nov/2024:
1:30pm - 2:30pm

Location: Eilenriedehalle A


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Presentations
ID: 299

The role of bentonite in the high-level radioactive waste repository design

Eva-Maria Gottron, Merle Bjorge, Stephen Klimke, Marc Wengler, Anne Bartetzko, Wolfram Rühaak

Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE), Germany



ID: 402

Preliminary design of a disposal facility for high-level radioactive waste in claystone

Michael Werres1, Stephen Klimke1, Dominik Gottron1, Frederik Fahrendorf1, Niklas Bertrams2, Thomas Lohser1, Wolfram Rühaak1

1Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung mbH, Germany; 2BGE Technology GmbH, Germany



ID: 132

Characterization of the Lower Cambrian and the Lower Triassic clayey formations in terms of the potential for the sitting of Deep Geological Repository of radioactive waste in Lithuania

Jurga Lazauskienė1,2, Jolanta Čyžienė2

1Vilnius University, Lithuania; 2Lithuanian Geological Survey under Ministry of Environment



ID: 302

Geological variability of the Opalinuston-Formation in Southern Germany: new insights from the research project SEPIA

Thomas Mann1, Tilo Kneuker1, Géraldine Nicole Zimmerli2, Jochen Erbacher1,3, André Bornemann1, Bernhard Schuck1, Reiner Dohrmann1,3, Christoph Neukum1, Lukas Pollok1

1Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany; 2Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; 3State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG), Hannover, Germany



ID: 191

OVERVIEW OF GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION EFFECT ON HYDROGEOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF DEEP GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY SITE FOR RAWASTE. FEED BACK AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM TWO DECADES OF STUDIES

Hakim BENABDERRAHMANE, Johan HOLMEN

GeoRem Oy, Finland



ID: 280

Kiirunavaara Ca-smectite, northern Sweden: a natural analogue of long-term clay stability

Raphael Schneeberger1, Ulf. B Andersson2, Albert Gilg3, Illya Bindeman4, Reiner Dohrmann5, Sirpa Kumpulainen6, Leena Kiviranta6, W. Crawford Elliott7, J. Marion Wampler7, Cyprian Ozigbo8, Igor Villa9, Tsubasa Otake10, Ryosuke Kikuchi10, Tatsuya Fujimura11, Tsutomu Sato10, Satoru Suzuki12, Takahiro Goto12, Shuhei Nemoto12, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani13, Natalia Jakus13, Russell W. Alexander14, Nicolas Michau15, Mehran Behazin16, Alex Hughes17, Simon Norris17, Ville Heino18, Patrik Sellin19, Daniel Svensson19, Olivier X. Leupin1

1Nagra, Switzerland; 2LKAB, Sweden; 3Technische Universität München, Germany; 4University of Oregon, USA; 5BGR, Germany; 6Mitta, Finland; 7Georgia State University, USA; 8Columbine Corporation, USA; 9University of Bern, Switzerland and University of Milan Bicocca, Italy; 10Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan; 11Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan (currently: Civil Engineering Department, Nuclear Facilities Division, Taisei Corporation, Japan); 12NUMO, Japan; 13EPFL, Switzerland.; 14Bedrock Geosciences, Switzerland; 15Andra, France; 16NWMO, Canada; 17NWS, UK; 18Posiva, Finland; 19SKB, Sweden



ID: 278

Unveiling early diagenetic carbonate precipitation: Sequential C-isotope analysis of calcite and siderite in Opalinus Clay

Stephan Wohlwend1, Lukas Aschwanden1, Carmen Zwahlen1, Martin Mazurek1, Gaudenz Deplazes2

1Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland; 2Nagra, 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland



ID: 340

Geochemistry of pore waters in Opalinus Clay at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory within the Bitumen-Nitrate-Clay interaction experiment

Torben Weyand1, Michael Jendras1, Katrien Hendrix2, Nele Bleyen2

1Bundesamt für die Sicherheit der nuklearen Entsorgung (BASE), Germany; 2Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Belgium



ID: 361

39Ar and 37Ar in deep groundwater: Evaluation regarding young components, cross-formation flow and in-situ production

Daniel Rufer1, Roland Purtschert2, H. Niklaus Waber3, Michael Heidinger4, Daniel Traber5, Jens Becker5

1Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2Climate & Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 3WaterGeoChem Consulting, Bern, Switzerland; 4Hydroisotop GmbH, Schweitenkirchen, Germany; 5Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland



ID: 355

Geochemical profiles in the hydrogeological system of the Opalinus Clay at Mont Terri, Switzerland

Marie Bonitz1, Anja Maria Schleicher2, Theresa Hennig1, David Jaeggi4, Michael Kühn1,3

1GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Fluid Systems Modelling, Potsdam, Germany; 2GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Inorganic and Isotope Geochemistry, Potsdam, Germany; 3University of Potsdam, Institute of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; 4Federal Office of Topography Swisstopo, Wabern, Switzerland



ID: 177

Crushed claystone used as material for the construction of EBS-components in repositories for nuclear waste – A generic methodology for material selection

Marvin Middelhoff

Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Germany



ID: 297

Rock mass response to processes in a Sandwich shaft sealing system

Jürgen Hesser1, Matthias Hinze2, Markus Furche1, David Jaeggi3, Senecio Schefer3

1Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany; 2Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Germany; 3Bundesamt für Landestopografie (swisstopo), Switzerland



ID: 235

Modelling sulfide corrosion in the Swiss HLW repository under various repository settings

Jin Ma1, Paul Wersin1, Nikitas Diomidis2

1University of Bern, Switzerland; 2Nagra, Switzerland



ID: 119

As-Placed Dry Density of Gap Fill Material in Overbreak Zones within the Placement Room

CHANG SEOK KIM, KENNETH BIRCH, PETER KEECH

Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Canada



ID: 434

Feedback on the multi-scale mechanical and technical demonstration of drift construction at the French URL

Jad Zghondi, Gilles Armand, Jana Jaber, Minh-ngoc Vu, Jan Cornet, Carlos Plua, Roy Chaaya

Andra, France



ID: 195

A wireless data transmission system for the future deep geological repository

José Luis García-Siñeriz1, Susana Tuñón1, María Rey1, Juan Carlos Mayor2, Katja Emmerich3, Matthias Hinze4, David Jaeggi5, Senecio Schefer5

1Amphos 21 Consulting S.L., Spain; 2Empresa nacional de residuos radiactivos (Enresa), Spain; 3Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), IMB/MPA/CMM, Karlsruhe, Germany; 4Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Braunschweig, Germany; 5Bundesamt für Landestopografie (swisstopo), St-Ursanne, Switzerland



ID: 317

Observation of saturation processes in the Sandwich experiment with ERT (URL Mont Terri)

Markus Furche

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Germany



ID: 442

Influence of polysulfide radicals in measuring corrosion rates of a carbon steel API 5L X65 in contact with cement grout in future nucle-ar waste disposal program

Yendoube Charles SANO MOYEME1, Stéphanie BETELU1, Johan BERTRAND2, Stéphane GABOREAU1, Karine GROENEN-SERRANO3

1BRGM, Orléans, France; 2ANDRA, Châtelet-Malabry, France; 3LGC, Toulouse, France



ID: 290

Estimating Water Retention of Compacted Bentonite with Cat-Boost: Integrating Physical Model Residuals and Penalized Learning

Muntasir Shehab, Reza Taherdangkoo, Christoph Butscher

Institute of Geotechnics, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Str. 1,Freiberg, 09599, Germany



ID: 261

Full-Scale In-Situ System Test (FISST) at the Finnish spent nuclear fuel disposal facility. Analysis and simulation.

Xavier Pintado1, Mika Niskanen2

1Mitta Engineering Oy, Finland; 2Posiva Oy, Finland



ID: 146

MANAGEMENT OF SORPTION DATA IN SUPPORT TO RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Stéphane Brassinnes1, Marta López-García2, Darío Pérez2, Maria Abada2, Irene Canals2, Albert Nardi2, Lara Duro2, David García2

1Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials (ONDRAF/NIRAS); 2Amphos21



ID: 155

Numerical analysis of permeability in sphere-platelet mixtures

Ryunosuke Oishi1, Tsubasa Yagi2, Otono Miura1, Shusaku Harada1

1Hokkaido University, Japan; 2Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center, Japan



ID: 193

Trace elements in Dutch Paleogene clays

Erika Neeft1, Thilo Behrends2, Alwina Hoving3, Jasper Griffioen3, Anne-Catherine Dieudonné4, Phil Vardon4, Marja Vuorio1

1COVRA, Netherlands, The; 2Utrecht University; 3TNO; 4Delft University of Technology



ID: 268

Effect of environmental conditions on the sorption of 241Am(III) on natural clayrocks and their main constituents

Liesbeth Van Laer1, Dorien Verhaegen1, Greet Verstrepen1, Delphine Durce1, Norbert Maes1, Stéphane Brassinnes2

1SCK CEN, Belgium; 2NIRAS/ONDRAF, Belgium



ID: 307

Radionuclide transport in variably water-saturated compacted clays: a pore-scale view

Yuankai Yang1, Ravi A. Patel2, Yaoting Zhang3, Nikolaos I. Prasianakis4, Jenna Poonoosamy1, Guido Deissmann1, Sergey V. Churakov4,5, Dirk Bosbach1

1Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany; 2Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany; 3Queen’s University, Canada; 4Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland; 5University of Bern, Switzerland



ID: 319

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



ID: 346

Transport Properties of Water in a Polydisperse Coarse-Grained Model of Sodium Montmorillonite

Yaoting Zhang1, Mikaella Brillantes2, Justine Kuczera1, Keyvan Ferasat1, Scott Briggs3, Chang Seok Kim3, Jason D. Giallonardo3, Thomas G. Tranter4, George Opletal5, Yuankai Yang6, Jane Howe2, Laurent K. Beland1

1Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.; 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 3Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Toronto, Canada; 4Ionworks Technologies Inc, Pittsburgh, United States of America; 5Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Data61, Melbourne, Australia; 6Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Nuclear Waste Management (IEK-6) and JARA-CSD, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany



ID: 406

Comparison of experimental diffusion data of various cationic elements in rock samples from the deep-hole drilling campaign in northern Switzerland with model predictions by the ClaySorDif model

Martin A. Glaus1, Petar Bunic1, Dmitrii A. Kulik1, Cyrill Lang1, George D. Miron1, Luc R. Van Loon1, Raphael A.J. Wüst2

1Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland; 2Nagra, Switzerland



ID: 389

Iron(II)-montmorillonite interaction: experimental results and model-ling for dispersed and compacted systems

Jebril HADI1, Mirjam KICZKA1, Andreas JENNI1, Paul WERSIN1, Jules GOETHALS2, Jean-Marc GRENECHE3, Olivier LEUPIN4, Nikitas DIOMIDIS4

1Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2Laboratoire Subatech, Nantes, France; 3Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France; 4Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland



ID: 418

Electrostatic interactions at clay mineral surfaces: linking geochem-istry with geomechanical properties

Christophe Tournassat1,2, Wenming Dong2, Nicolas Marty3, Sylvain Grangeon3, Carl Steefel2

1Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans, Université d’Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, OSUC, Orléans 45071, France; 2Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; 3BRGM, Orléans, France



ID: 323

Transport experiments in claystone: electrostatic effects and preferential pathways

Andreas Jenni1, Mirjam Kiczka1, Carmen Zwahlen1, Urs Mäder2, Hans Meeussen3, Thomas Gimmi1,4

1University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2Rock-Water Consulting, Boll, Switzerland; 3NRG, Petten, the Netherlands; 4Laboratory for Waste Management, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland



ID: 162

Experimental investigation of the changes in transport properties of Opalinus claystone/concrete interface samples from the Mont Terri CI experiment

Norbert Maes1, Quoc Tri Phung1, Thi Nhan Nguyen1,2, Anneleen Vanleeuw1

1SCK CEN, Belgium; 2KULeuven, Belgium



ID: 179

Successful gas tests at the GAs permeable Seal Test (GAST) - Highlights and lessons learned (Grimsel Test Site, CH)

Emiliano Stopelli1, Thomas Spillmann1, Bill Lanyon2, Rémi de La Vaissière3, Jean Talandier3, Jeremy Chen4, Simon Norris5, Stratis Vomvoris1, Irina Gaus1, Florian Kober1

1Nagra, Switzerland; 2Fracture Systems Ltd, United Kingdom; 3ANDRA, France; 4NWMO, Canada; 5NWS, United Kingdom



ID: 291

Cement-Bentonite Interaction with Different Cement Materials at Elevated Temperatures 1: Experiments

Ryohei Kawakita1, Sohtaro Anraku1, Yuji Hanamachi2, Seiichiro Mitsui1, Hiroshi Sasamoto1, Morihiro Mihara1

1Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan; 2QJ Science Ltd., Japan



ID: 411

Gains and losses of exchangeable cations in ‘alternative bentonite buffer material in-situ tests’ (ABM-1, -2 and -5) after heating from 140 °C to 250 °C - what has caused observed differences?

Reiner Dohrmann1,2, Jens Gröger-Trampe1,2, Stephan Kaufhold2

1LBEG, Germany; 2BGR, Germany



ID: 430

Evolution of microbial populations under the influence of increasing temperature in the Callovian-Oxfordian clay-rich rock

Mélanie Lundy1, Marc Labat2, Sylvie Daumas3, Stefan Wechner4, Yannick Linard1

1Andra, France; 2Aix-Marseille Université, France; 3CFG, France; 4Hydroisotop GmbH, Germany



ID: 217

Differences between the basal spacings of random powder patterns and air-dried oriented aggregates of bentonite samples

Ana Beatriz Zabala1, María Victoria Villar1, Jaime F. Cuevas2

1CIEMAT, Spain; 2UAM, Spain



ID: 246

Hydrogeochemical processes occurring in excavated argillaceous rocks stored at the surface as heaps and consequences on water chemistry

Myriam I. Agnel1, Adrien Schwindt1, Mathieu Debure2, Joachim Tremosa3, Yves Thiry1, Paul-Olivier Redon1

1Andra, Centre de Meuse/Haute-Marne, 55290 Bure, France; 2BRGM, French Geological Survey, 3 av. Claude-Guillemin, 45060 Orléans, France; 3Geostock, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France



ID: 265

A mechanistic understanding of bentonite alteration at corroding iron interfaces

Haydn Martin Haynes1, Graham Kenyon1, James Hesketh1, Cristiano Padovani1, Lorraine Field2, Nikitas Diomidis3

1Jacobs Clean Energy, Didcot, United Kingdom; 2British Geological Survey, Keyworth, United Kingdom; 3Nagra, Wettingen, Switzerland



ID: 301

Mutual effects of pH, matrix elements and organic ligands on the mobility of U(VI) in bentonite systems

Katja Schmeide1, Thimo Philipp1,2, Claudia Sieber1, Nina Huittinen1

1Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Germany; 2Present address: Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE), Germany



ID: 375

Quantitative analysis of the mineralogical composition of bentonites by full pattern fitting using the powdR package

Stephen Hillier1,2, Stephan Kaufhold3, Kristian Ufer3, Jan Dietel4, Adrián Lorenzo5, Mercedes Suárez5

1James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom; 2Department of Soil and Environment, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden; 3BGR, Hannover, Germany; 4Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany; 5Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain



ID: 396

Acidification and CO2-degassing in bentonites triggered by oxida-tion of Fe(II)–containing minerals

Stefan Dultz

Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany



ID: 437

Dynamic and static experiments for the identification of the effect of transient processes on corrosion

Ana María Fernández, Ursula Alonso, Paula Nieto, Manuel Mingarro, Tiziana Missana

CIEMAT, Spain



ID: 152

Effect of organic molecules on radionuclide retention in COx clay rock: the case of Ni-TBP/EDTA mixtures

Romain V.H. Dagnelie1, Marwa Assaf1, Emilie Thory1, Pierre Henocq2

1Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service de Physico-Chimie, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette; 2Andra, R&D Division, parc de la Croix Blanche, 92298, Châtenay-Malabry



ID: 386

Distorting mirrors – new perspectives on the layer charge reduction phenomena in heat-treated smectites: implications for CEC measurements in bentonites

Artur Kuligiewicz, Arkadiusz Derkowski, Nadine J. Kanik

Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland



ID: 367

Self-sealing potential of fractures as a result of hydration, shear, and temperature

Robert Cuss1, Andrew Wiseall2, Jon Harrington1

1British Geological Survey, United Kingdom; 2now at Nuclear Waste Services, United Kingdom



ID: 192

Effect of Sodium Occupancy and Solute Concentration on the Swelling Behaviour of Poorly Indurated Boom Clay

Hassan AL MAIS1,2,3, Frederic COLLIN1, Yu-Jun CUI2, XiangLing LI3, Elie VALCKE3, Lian WANG3, Suresh SEETHARAM3, Temenuga GEORGIEVA3

1Université de Liège, Belgium; 2Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Champs-sur-Marne, France; 3SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium



ID: 286

The anisotropic creep behaviour and the long-term strength of Opalinus Clay

Lina Gotzen1, Lisa Winhausen1, Mohammadreza Jalali1, Florian Amann1,2

1Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen, Germany; 2Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems IEG, Germany



ID: 331

Numerical analyses of geological barrier integrity under parameter uncertainty

Jan Thiedau, Maximilian Bittens, Maßmann Jobst, Mayr Sibylle

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Germany



ID: 374

Assessment of in-situ heater experiments conducted in the Callo-vo-Oxfordian claystone based on the French high-level radioactive waste disposal concept

Carlos Plúa1, Minh-Ngoc Vu2, Frédéric Bumbieler2, Armand Gilles1

1Andra, Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory, Bure, France; 2Andra, Châtenay-Malabry, France



ID: 121

HE-E heating experiment in the Mont Terri rock laboratory - sampling of a hot, unconsolidated granular bentonite buffer after 12 years of heating during continued operation

Florian Kober1, Urs Mäder2, Maria Villar3, Bill Lanyon4

1Nagra, Switzerland; 2Rock Water Consulting, Boll, Switzerland; 3CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; 4Fracture Systems Ltd., St. Ives, Great Britain



ID: 419

A standard thermodynamic-based extension of the Modified Cam-Clay model for plastic-viscoplastic geomaterials

Simon Raude, Goustan Bacquaert, Kyrylo Kazymyrenko, David Haboussa

EDF, France



ID: 148

Enhancements to a Hydromechanical Material Model for Compacted Bentonite

Ola Kristensson1, Mattias Åkesson2

1Clay Technology, Lund, Sweden; 2Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, Solna, Sweden



ID: 203

HYDRO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF BENTONITE AT HIGH TEMPERATURE

NATALIA GIMENO, RUBÉN JAVIER IGLESIAS, GUILLERMO GARCIA, MARIA VICTORIA VILLAR

CIEMAT, Spain



ID: 215

Geochemical modelling of mineral-water reaction between Bavarian bentonite B25 and Opalinus clay pore solution

Kyra Jantschik, Artur Meleshyn

GRS gGmbH, Germany



ID: 239

Thermochemical alterations in montmorillonite: Experiment constraints in the presence of organic anion ligands

Ritwick Sudheer Kumar, Laurence N. Warr, Georg H. Grathoff, Balu R. Thombare

University of Greifswald, Institute for Geography and Geology, Department of Economic Geology and Mineralogy, Greifswald, Germany



ID: 221

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



ID: 336

Engineered Barrier 200C – High temperature in-situ experiment

Jiří Svoboda, Radek Vašíček

Czech Technical University, Czech Republic



ID: 354

Modeling of the HotBENT test using COMSOL Multiphysics

Daniel Malmberg1, Alex Spetz1, Chang Seok Kim2

1Clay Technology Lund AB, Sweden; 2Nuclear Waste Management Organisation, Canada



ID: 456

Modelling the Disturbed Rock Zone behaviour in a Deep Geological Repository

Nandini Adla, Pavan Kumar Bhukya, Dali Naidu Arnepalli

Deaprtment of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India



ID: 140

Elastic-plastic components in void ratio with suction

Tomoyoshi Nishimura1, Hanbing Bian2, Isam Shahrour3

1Ashikaga University, Japan; 2Polytech'Lille, Université de Lille, France; 3Polytech'Lille, Université de Lille, France



ID: 439

Benchmark case for non-isothermal multiphase flow and reactive transport for radioactive waste disposal

Javier Samper1, Alba Mon1, Etienne Ausborde2, Tianfu Xu3, Yu Han3, Milan Hokr4, Asta Narkuniene5, Luis Montenegro1, Brahim Amaziane2, Mustapha Elossmani2, Y Yuan3, Jan Sembera4, Povilas Poskas5

1Universidad de A Coruña, Spain; 2E2S UPPA, CNRS, LMAP, Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Pau, France; 3College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China; 4Technical University of Liberec (TUL) Czech Republic; 5Lithuanian Energy Institute, Nuclear Engineering Laboratory, Kaunas, Lithuania



ID: 410

Experimental and numerical modelling of binary bentonite-based mixture compressibility

Arisleidy Mesa-Alcantara1, Enrique Romero1,2, Joel Torres-Serra2, Nadia Mokni3

1International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain; 2Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; 3Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France



ID: 421

The influence of faults on the geomechanical properties of Opal-inus Clay – First results from the PF-A experiment

Lisa Winhausen1, Florian Amann1,2, Martin Ziegler3, Chris J. Marone4,5

1Department of Engineering Geology, RWTH Aachen, Germany; 2Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems IEG, Aachen, Germany; 3Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo), Mont Terri URL, St-Ursanne, Switzerland; 4Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra La Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy; 5Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA



ID: 242

Diffusion of dissolved gases in clay: a collaborative modelling exercise of EURAD GAS

Elke Jacops1, Li Yu1, Joan Govaerts1, Abhishek Gupta2, Michael Pitz3,8, Gesa Ziefle3, Anne-Catherine Dieudonné5, Asta Narkuniene6, Frédéric Collin7, Gilles Corman7, Séverine Levasseur4

1SCK CEN, Belgium; 2Aalto University, Finland; 3BGR, Germany; 4ONDRAF/NIRAS, Belgium; 5TU Delft, The Netherlands; 6Lei, Lithuania; 7ULiège, Belgium; 8TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany



ID: 139

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

Norihisa Osawa1, Tomoko Ishii1,2, Kenji Ishii3, Yuichi Niibori2

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



ID: 164

Modeling of gas propagation along a micro-tunnel in the Meuse / Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory

Cécile Coulon1, Guillermo Martinez1, Catherine Yu1, Thomas Cavalera1, Mohamed Hayek1, Rémi de La Vaissière2

1INTERA Incorporated, France/Switzerland/United States; 2ANDRA, Bure, France



ID: 218

The effect of an alkaline plume on the self-sealing capacity of Boom Clay evidenced by high resolution computed tomography and hy-draulic conductivity measurements

Miroslav Honty1, Ivan Josipovic2, Matthieu N. Boone2, Severine Levasseur3, Xavier Sillen3

1SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, Mol, Belgium; 2UGent, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Gent University, Belgium; 3ONDRAF/NIRAS, Belgian National Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials, Brussels, Belgium



ID: 350

Modelling gas drainage in argillite pores with SPH method

Kayani Ganeshalingam1,2, Magdalena Dymitrowska1, Djimédo Kondo2

1Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire(IRSN), PSE-ENV/SPDR/LETIS, France; 2Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, France



ID: 373

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



ID: 388

Mini GAST: Experimental Upscaling of an Engineered Gas Permeable Seal

Enrique Romero1,2, Clara Alvarado2, Antonio Lloret1, Juliana Knobelsdorf2, Thomas Spillmann3

1Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain; 2International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain; 3National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), Wettingen, Switzerland



ID: 416

Laboratory scale experimental assessment of bentonite-sand mixtures

Caroline C. Graham1, Jon F. Harrington1, Qian Zhang1, Jean Talandier2, Remi de La Vaissière2

1British Geological Survey (BGS), United Kingdom; 2Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs (ANDRA), France



ID: 168

Experimental study and numerical modeling of poromechanical be-haviour of Callovo-Oxfordian claystone under drained and undrained conditions

Yuhao ZHANG1, Shouyi XIE1, Jianfu SHAO1, Minh-Ngoc VU2

1University of Lille, France; 2Andra, France



ID: 339

Hydro-mechanical Properties of Rock and Bentonite Mixtures for Gas Management within Geological Disposal Facilities

Elise Wai-Ming Mouat1, Ian L Molnar1, Christopher McDermott1, Bryne Ngwenya1, Clare Bird2, George Towler3

1The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2Stirling University; 3Quintessa ltd