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Study on the Geological Structure around KURT Using a Deep Borehole Investigation  

Park, Kyung-Woo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Kyung-Su (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Koh, Yong-Kwon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Jong-Won (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.8, no.4, 2010 , pp. 279-291 More about this Journal
Abstract
To characterize geological features in study area for high-level radioactive waste disposal research, KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) has been performing the several geological investigations such as geophysical surveys and borehole drilling since 1997. Especially, the KURT (KAERI Underground Research Tunnel) constructed to understand the deep geological environments in 2006. Recently, the deep borehole of 500 m depths was drilled to confirm and validate the geological model at the left research module of the KURT. The objective of this research was to identify the geological structures around KURT using the data obtained from the deep borehole investigation. To achieve the purpose, several geological investigations such as geophysical and borehole fracture surveys were carried out simultaneously. As a result, 7 fracture zones were identified in deep borehole located in the KURT. As one of important parts of site characterization on KURT area, the results will be used to revise the geological model of the study area.
Keywords
High-level radioactive waste disposal; KAERI Underground Research Tunnel; Deep borehole; Geological model; Site characterization;
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