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EC GASNET Project: Gas Issues in the Safety Assessment of Deep Repositories for Nuclear Waste

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Wim Cool
Affiliation:
NIRAS/ONDRAF, Kunstlaan 14,1210 Brussels, Belgium;
Miguel Cuñado
Affiliation:
Enresa, E-28043 Madrid, Spain;
Lawrence Johnson
Affiliation:
Nagra, Hardstrasse 73, CH-5430 Wettingen, Switzerland;
Mia Mäntynen
Affiliation:
Posiva Oy, FIN-27160 Olkiluoto, Finland;
Wolfgang Müller
Affiliation:
ISTec, Schwertnergasse 1, D-50667 Köln, Germany;
Simon Norris
Affiliation:
United Kingdom Nirex Ltd, Curie Avenue, Harwell, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RH, UK;
William Rodwell
Affiliation:
Serco Assurance, 150 Harwell IBC, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QJ, UK;
Patrik Sellin
Affiliation:
SKB, PO Box 5864, S-102 48 Stockholm, Sweden
Margit Snellman
Affiliation:
Saanio&Riekkola Oy, Laulukuja 4, FIN-00420 Helsinki, Finland;
Jean Talandier
Affiliation:
Andra, 1/7 rue Jean Monnet, Parc de la Croix Blanche, 92298 Châtenay-Malabry CEDEX, France;
Timo Vieno
Affiliation:
VTT Processes, P.O. Box 1608, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland
Sarah Vines
Affiliation:
United Kingdom Nirex Ltd, Curie Avenue, Harwell, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RH, UK;
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Abstract

GASNET is a “thematic network” project supported by the European Commission. Its objectives are to evaluate the present treatment in safety assessments of issues arising from the generation of gas in deep geological repositories for nuclear waste, and to improve the translation of scientific information on these issues into safety arguments for such repositories.

An overview is provided of the work that has been undertaken within the project and of the preliminary observations and conclusions that have been assembled.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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