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Status of Researches of Excavation Damaged Zone in Foreign Underground Research Laboratories Constructed for Developing High-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Techniques  

Park, Seunghun (인하대학교 에너지자원공학과)
Kwon, Sangki (인하대학교 에너지자원공학과)
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Explosives and Blasting / v.35, no.3, 2017 , pp. 31-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the countries operating nuclear reactors, the development of high-level radioactive waste(HLW) disposal technique is considered as an urgent and important issue for sustainable utilization of nuclear energy. In Korea, in which a low and intermediate radioactive waste repository is already operating, the construction of an underground research laboratory for in situ validation studies became a matter of interest with increasing concerns on the management of HLW. In order to construct and to operate an underground HLW repository safely in deep underground, the stability of rock mass should be guaranteed. As an important factor on rock stability, excavation damaged zone (EDZ) has been studied in many underground research laboratories in foreign countries. For accurate evaluation of the characteristics and effects of EDZ under disposal condition, it is required to use reliable investigation method based on the analysis of previous studies in similar conditions. In this study, status of foreign underground research laboratories in other countries, approaches for investigation the characteristics, size, and effect of EDZ, and major findings from the researches were surveyed and reported. This will help the accomplishment of domestic researches for developing HLW management techniques in underground research laboratory.
Keywords
Excavation damaged zone(EDZ); High-level radioactive waste; Underground research laboratory(URL); rock stability; Geological disposal;
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