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Probabilistic Modeling of Gas Transport in a Plugged Repository in Salt Rock

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

L O Höglund
Affiliation:
Kemakta Konsult AB, P.O. Box 12 655, S-i 12 95 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46-8-654 06 80 Fax +46-8-652 16 07 E-mail loh@kemakta.se
M Wiborgh
Affiliation:
Kemakta Konsult AB, P.O. Box 12 655, S-i 12 95 Stockholm, Sweden Phone +46-8-654 06 80 Fax +46-8-652 16 07
G. Arens
Affiliation:
Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, BfS, Bundesaldé 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, GermanyPhone +49-531-5927694 Fax +49-531-5927614
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Abstract

Since 1981 the former rock salt mine Bartensleben near Morsleben (former GDR) ERAM has been in operation as a repository for low and intermediate level radioactive waste. As a result of the reunification and the changed licensing situation a new closure concept for the repository has to be developed. In the course of this work, the optimal design of the plug is currently being evaluated considering also gas escape and exchange of potentially contaminated brine through the plug.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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