Hydrologic issues associated with nuclear waste repositories

Natural analogues: studies of geological processes relevant to radioactive waste disposal in deep geological repositories

(2015) W. Russell Alexander et al.   Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Beyond-laboratory-scale prediction for channeling flows through subsurface rock fractures with heterogeneous aperture distributions revealed by laboratory evaluation

(2015) Takuya Ishibashi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Reactive transport codes for subsurface environmental simulation

(2014) C. I. Steefel et al.   COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCES

Noble gas residence times of saline waters within crystalline bedrock, Outokumpu Deep Drill Hole, Finland

(2014) Riikka Kietäväinen et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Overview of hydrogeological safety assessment modeling conducted for the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository site at Forsmark, Sweden

(2014) Jan-Olof Selroos et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Multi-scale groundwater flow modeling during temperate climate conditions for the safety assessment of the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository site at Forsmark, Sweden

(2014) Steven Joyce et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Solute transport in a single fracture involving an arbitrary length decay chain with rock matrix comprising different geological layers

(2014) Batoul Mahmoudzadeh et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY

A transmissivity model for deformation zones in fractured crystalline rock and its possible correlation to in situ stress at the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository site at Forsmark, Sweden

(2013) Sven Follin et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Overview of hydrogeological site-descriptive modeling conducted for the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository site at Forsmark, Sweden

(2013) Jan-Olof Selroos et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Some aspects of release and transport of gases in deep granitic rocks: possible implications for nuclear waste repositories

(2013) Ivars Neretnieks   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

A methodology to constrain the parameters of a hydrogeological discrete fracture network model for sparsely fractured crystalline rock, exemplified by data from the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository site at Forsmark, Sweden

(2013) Sven Follin et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Approaches and algorithms for groundwater flow modeling in support of site investigations and safety assessment of the Forsmark site, Sweden

(2013) Lee Hartley et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Performance assessment for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

(2013) J.C. Helton et al.   RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY

Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes with Links to Geochemistry Associated with Bentonite-Backfilled Repository Tunnels in Clay Formations

(2013) Jonny Rutqvist et al.   ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING

Geometry and Properties of the Excavation-Induced Fractures at the Meuse/Haute-Marne URL Drifts

(2013) G. Armand et al.   ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING

A new approach to account for fracture aperture variability when modeling solute transport in fracture networks

(2013) Martin Larsson et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Solute transport in fractured rocks with stagnant water zone and rock matrix composed of different geological layers-Model development and simulations

(2013) Batoul Mahmoudzadeh et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: Status, Key Issues, and Trends

(2012) Jens Birkholzer et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

OpenGeoSys: an open-source initiative for numerical simulation of thermo-hydro-mechanical/chemical (THM/C) processes in porous media

(2012) O. Kolditz et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Trace metal distribution and isotope variations in low-temperature calcite and groundwater in granitoid fractures down to 1km depth

(2012) Henrik Drake et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Natural micro-scale heterogeneity induced solute and nanoparticle retardation in fractured crystalline rock

(2012) F. Huber et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY

On the relationship between water flux and hydraulic gradient for unsaturated and saturated clay

(2012) Hui-Hai Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Flowing fluid electric conductivity logging for a deep artesian well in fractured rock with regional flow

(2012) Christine Doughty et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Radionuclide transport during glacial cycles: Comparison of two approaches for representing flow transients

(2012) Jan-Olof Selroos et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Simulation of Radionuclide Transport through Unsaturated, Fractured Rock: Application to Yucca Mountain, Nevada

(2012) Bruce A. Robinson et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Radionuclide Transport in the Unsaturated Zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

(2012) Bruce A. Robinson et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Solute transport and retention in three-dimensional fracture networks

(2012) Vladimir Cvetkovic et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in the near field of a high-level radioactive waste repository in clay formations

(2011) C.F. Tsang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES

A study of flow-wetted surface area in a single fracture as a function of its hydraulic conductivity distribution

(2011) Martin Larsson et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Non-Fickian mass transport in fractured porous media

(2010) Sergei A. Fomin et al.   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Status of the TOUGH-FLAC simulator and recent applications related to coupled fluid flow and crustal deformations

(2010) Jonny Rutqvist   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

Hydro-mechanical modelling of the excavation damaged zone around an underground excavation at Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

(2010) Séverine Levasseur et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES

Investigating the time-dependent behaviour of Boom clay under thermomechanical loading

(2009) Y.-J. Cui et al.   GEOTECHNIQUE

Can we use tracer tests to obtain data for performance assessment of repositories for nuclear waste?

(2009) Luis Moreno et al.   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Specific surface area determinations on intact drillcores and evaluation of extrapolation methods for rock matrix surfaces

(2009) M. André et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY

Introductory editorial to the special issue on the DECOVALEX-THMC project

(2009) Chin-Fu Tsang   Environmental geology.

Understanding groundwater chemistry using mixing models

(2008) Marcus Laaksoharju et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

Gas flow through clay barriers

(2008) S. Olivella et al.   GEOTECHNIQUE

Thermo-mechanical behaviour of a compacted swelling clay

(2008) A.-M. Tang et al.   GEOTECHNIQUE

Determination of sorption properties of intact rock samples: New methods based on electromigration

(2008) M. André et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY

Influence of bedding planes to EDZ-evolution and the coupled HM properties of Opalinus Clay

(2008) Till Popp et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Damage and sealing of clay rocks detected by measurements of gas permeability

(2008) Chun-Liang Zhang et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Transferability of geoscientific information from various sources (study sites, underground rock laboratories, natural analogues) to support safety cases for radioactive waste repositories in argillaceous formations

(2008) Martin Mazurek et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Similarities in the hydromechanical response of Callovo-Oxfordian clay and Boom Clay during gallery excavation

(2008) Y. Wileveau et al.   PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH

Measuring sorption coefficients and BET surface areas on intact drillcore and crushed granite samples

(2008) Magnus André et al.   RADIOCHIMICA ACTA

Time domain particle tracking methods for simulating transport with retention and first-order transformation

(2008) Scott Painter et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Regional channelized transport in fractured media with matrix diffusion and linear sorption

(2008) Magnus Odén et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Influence of evaporation and seepage on the convergence of a ventilated cavity

(2008) Pierre Gerard et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Simple model representations of transport in a complex fracture and their effects on long-term predictions

(2008) Chin-Fu Tsang et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Investigation of desaturation in an old tunnel and new galleries at an argillaceous site

(2008) Jobst Maßmann et al.   Environmental geology.

Study of the initiation and propagation of excavation damaged zones around openings in argillaceous rock

(2008) Alain Millard et al.   Environmental geology.