• Hydraulic behaviour of bentonite based mixtures in engineered barriers: The Backfill and Plug Test at the Äspö HRL (Sweden) 

      Mata Mena, Clemente (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2003-07-17)
      Tesi
      Accés obert
      In 1996 the Backfill and Plug Test Project started at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden) managed by SKB (the Swedish Radioactive Waste Agency). The Backfill and Plug Test Project makes up an important part of SKB's ...
    • Modelling advective gas flow in compact bentonite: lessons learnt from different numerical approaches 

      Tamayo Mas, Elena; Harrington, J. F.; Brüning, T.; Shao, H.; Dagher, E. E.; Lee, Jaewon; Kim, K.; Rutqvist, Jonny; Kolditz, Olaf; Lai, S. H.; Chittenden, C.; Wang, Y.; Puig Damians, Ivan; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià (Elsevier, 2021-03)
      Article
      Accés obert
      In a repository for radioactive waste hosted in a clay formation, hydrogen and other gases may be generated due to the corrosion of metallic materials under anoxic conditions, the radioactive decay of waste and the ...
    • Modelling engineered barriers for spent nuclear fuel repository using a double-structure model for pellets 

      Toprak, Erdem; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Pintado, Xavier (2020-02)
      Article
      Accés obert
      This paper describes an experimental programme and the corresponding modelling in order to characterise the hydromechanical (HM) behaviour of pellets. At least two levels of porosity can be distinguished in the pellets: ...
    • Pellet mixtures in isolation barriers 

      Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Hoffmann Jauge, Christian; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar (2009)
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      Granular mixtures made of high-density pellets of bentonite are being evaluated as an alternative buffer material for waste isolation. Ease of handing is an often-mentioned advantage. The paper describes the experimental ...