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Current Status and Tasks of Contaminant Migration Experiment Using Underground Research Laboratory  

Park, Chung-Kyun (한국원자력연구소 처분연구부)
Baik, Min-Hoon (한국원자력연구소 처분연구부)
Choi, Jong-Won (한국원자력연구소 처분연구부)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.17, no.1, 2007 , pp. 17-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Research and development for disposal of contaminants including radioactive wastes in deep underground have been carried out from laboratory works. However, validation and reliability of the data from the laboratory are arguing issues because they are not obtained from real disposal situations. Underground research laboratory (URL) is not only a solution to overcome such limitations, but also a valuable facility for performance assessment as an engineering scale. However, it requires much budget, and environmental issues can give rise to social conflicts easily. Such considering points related to URL are discussed as well as current status of worldwide URLs are introduced. Furthermore study plans for solute transport in a small-scale underground research tunnel (KURT), which was authorized recently as an non-radioactive facility in Korea, also described.
Keywords
Underground research laboratory; Rock fracture; Disposal; Migration; Radioactive wastes;
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