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Experimental Determination of Parameters Governing Heat-Induced Moisture Movement in A Clay Buffer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A.P.S. Selvadurai
A.P.S. Selvadurai*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 5B6
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Abstract

This paper discusses the experimental evaluation of the hygro-thermal parameters governing coupled heat and moisture movement within a moist clay buffer, which is developed as an engineered barrier for the isolation of heat emitting nuclear waste containers in either a borehole environment or in an in-room emplacement scheme.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 257: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XV , 1991 , 539
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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