Impact of the thermal load on the farfield and galleries of a HLW-repository

• Published in: Physics and chemistry of the earth. Parts A/B/C Vol. 33; pp. S457 - S461
• Main Authors: Klubertanz, G., Folly, M., Hufschmied, P., Frank, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2008
• Subjects: Farfield; Indexing in process; Nearfield; Q1; Repository design; Thermo-mechanical coupling; Waste repository; Waste repository; Repository design; Farfield; Nearfield; Thermo-mechanical coupling

Due to the thermal impact by high level waste placed in a repository, the repository and its surroundings are subject to additional thermal load. This load may have an impact on the repository structures and buildings as well as on the surrounding geological rock formations. Two particular points ar...