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Choice of French Clays as Engineered Barrier Cokponents for Waste Disposal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

H. Coulon
Affiliation:
UA 719 CNRS, Tectonique et Sedimentation, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex
A. Lajudie
Affiliation:
Commissarilat ã l'Energte Atomique, DRDD/SESD BP n0 6, 92265 Fontenay aux Roses
P. Debrabant
Affiliation:
UA 719 CNRS, Tectonique et Sedimentation, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex
R. Atabek
Affiliation:
Commissarilat ã l'Energte Atomique, DRDD/SESD BP n0 6, 92265 Fontenay aux Roses
M. Jorda
Affiliation:
Commissarilat ã l'Energte Atomique, DRDD/SESD BP n0 6, 92265 Fontenay aux Roses
R. Andre-Jehan
Affiliation:
Commissariat ã l'Energie Atomique, ANDRA 75752 Paris Cedex 15
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Abstract

Results are presented of physical measurements on candidate buffer materials for use in nuclear fuel waste disposal. The materials being considered as constituent elements of engineered barriers are essentially calcium smectite clays, in other terms swelling clays, coming from fourteen french deposits. The criteria for good candidates are mainly: smectite content in the clay materials, carbonate and organic material content and bulk density of the material, compacted under a pressure of 100 MPa.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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