Radionuclide transport in clay during climate change:

• Main Authors: Wildenborg, A.F.B., Orlic, B., Thimus, J.F., Lange, G.de, Cock, S. de, Leeuw, C.S. de, Veling, E.J.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Geosciences; Clay; Glaciation; Hydro-mechanical modelling; Mechanical experiments; Radionuclide transport; climate change; porewater; radioactive waste; radionuclide migration; waste disposal; Netherlands; Geological Survey Netherlands; Energy / Geological Survey Netherlands; Cora; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:77eb4320-c5e4-49c3-b3c2-941915172002

The Dutch national research programme into the feasibility of retrievable storage of radioactive waste (CORA Programme Phase I; CORA: Comité Opslag Radioactief Afval = Committee on Radioactive Waste Disposal) examined the suitability of Tertiary clay deposts for such storage. Long-term isolation - u...