Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Volume 31 Issue 2
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- Pages.139-150
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- 1999
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- 1738-5733(pISSN)
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- 2234-358X(eISSN)
Swelling Pressures of a Potential Buffer Material for High-Level Waste Repository
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Lee, Jae-Owan
(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
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Cho, Won-Jin
(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
- Chun, Kwan-Sik (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
- Published : 1999.04.01
Abstract
The swelling pressure of a potential buffer material was measured and the effect of dry density, bentonite content and initial water content on the swelling pressure was investigated to provide the information for the selection of buffer material in a high-level waste repository. Swelling tests were carried out according to Box-Behnken's experimental design. Measured swelling pressures were in the wide range of 0.7 Kg/