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The Current Status of the Radionuclide Migration Experiment at the Grimsel Underground Rock Laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

W.R. Alexander ,
M.H. Bradbury ,
I.G. Mckinley ,
W. Heer ,
J. Eikenberg  and
U. Frick
W.R. Alexander
Affiliation:
Rock-Water Interaction Group (RWIG), Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology and Institute of Geology, University of Berne, 3012 Berne, Switzerland
M.H. Bradbury
Affiliation:
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
I.G. Mckinley
Affiliation:
Nationale Genossenschaft flir die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfillle (Nagra), 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
W. Heer
Affiliation:
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
J. Eikenberg
Affiliation:
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
U. Frick
Affiliation:
Nationale Genossenschaft flir die Lagerung radioaktiver Abfillle (Nagra), 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
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Abstract

This paper reviews the current status of the Grimsel radionuclide migration experiment, with especial reference to the advances of the last four years. Details are provided on the unusually extensive support programme and the general philosophy of undertaking such a large and costly field experiment.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 257: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XV , 1991 , 721
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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