a review of research carried out in european rock laboratories：欧洲岩石实验室的研究综述.pdfVIP

Nuclear Engineering and Design 176 (1997) 75–81 A review of research carried out in European rock laboratories Wolfgang Kickmaier *, Ian McKinley National Cooperatie for the Disposal of Radioactie Waste (Nagra) , Wettingen, Switzerland Abstract Research and development projects to support geological disposal options for nuclear waste have been carried out in underground research laboratories (URLs) for more than three decades and an extensive literature exists on the work carried out in these facilities. In this paper we focus on classification of URLs in terms of the particular orientation of their work programs. In addition, the evolution of URL work programs with time is overviewed with the particular aim of identifying trends in the types of experimental studies which are included. © 1997 Elsevier Science S.A. 1. General aspects dedicated to in situ studies of the deep rock environment. There is an international consensus that a deep The first such URL was probably Project Salt geological repository is the most practical option Vault which was operational in the USA in the at present for the disposal of highly-active andor early 1960s. The first major European URL was long-lived radioactive waste. In some countries, established in 1966 in Asse, Germany, also to indeed, this option is considered for all radioac- support investigations of waste disposal in a salt tive waste. Characterization of potential host formation. In the early 1980s, the rocks under