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Main outcomes from in situ thermo-hydro-mechanical experiments programme to demonstrate feasibility of radioactive high-level waste disposal in the Callovo-Oxfordian claystone

open access: yesJournal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2017
In the context of radioactive waste disposal, an underground research laboratory (URL) is a facility in which experiments are conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing and operating a radioactive waste disposal facility within a geological
G. Armand   +5 more
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Geotechnical and ecological foundations of the sustainable life cycle of the long-operated unique underground structures of the water disposal system in difficult ground conditions [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2019
Intensive development of megacities causes the need for sustainable operation of underground urban infrastructure facilities. In the special protection against man-made impact, long-operated unique underground structures of the water disposal system ...
Perminov Nicolay
doaj   +1 more source

Balancing Hydraulic Fracturing’s Environmental and Economic Impacts: The Need for a Comprehensive Federal Baseline and the Provision of Local Rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Reliable evaluation methods is needed to ensure that investments in energy conservation measures (ECMs) and the construction of new energy efficient buildings lives up to the promised and expected performance.
Garmezy, Adam
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Regulatory mechanisms for underground waste disposal in Nigeria: review and implications for environmental management

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2013
The Federal Ministry of Environment and the Department of Petroleum Resources control underground disposal of wastes in Nigeria with three principal regulations: Guidelines and Standards for Environmental Pollution Control in Nigeria, National Guidelines
Irwin Anthony Akpoborie
doaj   +2 more sources

Review of recent developments in iodine wasteform production

open access: yesFrontiers in Chemistry, 2022
Radioiodine capture and immobilization is not only important to consider during the operation of reactors (i.e., I-131), during nuclear accidents (i.e., I-131 and I-129) or nuclear fuel reprocessing (i.e., I-131 and I-129), but also during disposal of ...
R. Matthew Asmussen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term changes in the chemical, microstructural, and transport properties of a low-pH cement shotcrete during operation of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Japan

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials
The properties of low-pH cement used in the geological disposal of radioactive waste may change through atmospheric carbonation and degradation caused by groundwater during the long-term operation of a repository.
Akihito Mochizuki   +6 more
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Assessment of the impact of underground disposal of liquid waste on a geological environment (using the example of depleted gas fields)

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие
The aim was to conduct a study and evaluate the impact of underground disposal of industrial wastewater and liquid waste on the geological environment when they are placed (injected) into a Paleocene aquifer complex and placed within a mining allotment ...
R. A. Gasumov, E. R. Gasumov
doaj   +1 more source

Оn the selection of an aquifer as an absorbing reservoir for the disposal of industrial wastewater

open access: yesНаука. Инновации. Технологии
The article presents the collection, generalization and analysis of geological and field data, as well as the consideration of geological and hydrogeological conditions for underground disposal of wastewater, with the justification of the choice of an ...
R.A. Gasumov, E. R. Gasumov
doaj   +1 more source

Classification Method of Rock Structure and Rock Mass Quality of Surface Granite: Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste in China

open access: yesAdsorption Science & Technology, 2022
The engineering quality of rock mass is a key factor to evaluate the long-term stability and safety of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) geological disposal engineering and is also the important basis for disposal site selection.
Wei Xiang, Hanlie Cheng, David Cadasse
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of mining activities with respect to the environmental protection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper deals with the impact of mining on the environment. Coal mining is still among the most widespread and most intense mining activity, which disturbs the landscape around us bringing regional environmental, economic and aesthetic problems ...
Dirner, Vojtech   +3 more
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