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The Full-Scale Emplacement (FE) Experiment at the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory (URL) is a full-scale multiple heater test in a clay-rich ('Opalinus Clay') formation. It simulates construction, waste emplacement, backfilling and early post-closure evolution of a spent fuel (SF) / vitrified high-level waste (HLW) repository tunnel as realistically as possible. The experiment's main aim is to investigate SF / HLW repository-induced thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupled effects on the host rock at full scale and to validate existing coupled THM models. Further aims are a) verification of the technical feasibility of constructing a repository tunnel using standard industrial equipment, b) optimisation of the bentonite buffer material production and c) investigation of (horizontal) canister and buffer emplacement procedures at underground conditions.

FE Tunnel

Full-Scale Emplacement (FE) Experiment

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This is a Beta version of the FE Information System (FEIS) database of the Full Scale Emplacement experiment implemented by Nagra. It contains live data that has only preliminary status (data quality have not yet been reviewed). Nagra does not take any liability for correctness of data. Using any of the information found on the webpage must be done in agreement with Nagra.

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The FEIS is built using OASIS database and web app tools and was engineered by Robert Yeatman and Wolfgang Koenig. For more information visit: BetterDataSystems.com

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