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Groundwater Flow and Transport Modelling at Äspö for a Glaciation Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

O. Jaquet ,
P. Siegel ,
W. Klemenz  and
J. O. Selroos
O. Jaquet
Affiliation:
Colenco Power Engineering Ltd, Täfernstrasse 26, CH-5405 Baden, Switzerland
P. Siegel
Affiliation:
Colenco Power Engineering Ltd, Täfernstrasse 26, CH-5405 Baden, Switzerland
W. Klemenz
Affiliation:
Colenco Power Engineering Ltd, Täfernstrasse 26, CH-5405 Baden, Switzerland
J. O. Selroos
Affiliation:
Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB), Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co, Box 5864, SE- 102 40 Stockholm, Sweden
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This study [1] was performed for SKB (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co) within the framework of the assessment of the long-term safety of a deep repository for spent nuclear fuel.

Subsequent to work performed by [5], SKB decided to carry out additional hydrogeological modelling studies related to glaciation effects at Äspö. In particular, subglacial groundwaterflow and the impact assessment on a repository required further studies. The presence of subglacial groundwater flow beneath ice sheets is due to basal melting occurring during glaciation periods.

As compared to the previous model [5], the domain geometry and processes involved remained identical but this time numerical calculations are performed with the NAMMU program. Modified assumptions corresponding to specific boundary conditions were implemented and additional variations of the base case were simulated.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 503
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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1. Jaquet, O. and Siegel, P. 2003. Groundwater flow and transport modelling during a glaciation period, SKB Report R-03–04.Google Scholar
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