Conference Abstract
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06 Sep 2023
Conference Abstract |
| 06 Sep 2023
| 06 Sep 2023
Hydration and response of an experimental Sandwich shaft-sealing system at the Mont Terri rock laboratory
Matthias Hinze
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
Klaus Wieczorek
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
Katja Emmerich
Institut für Massivbau und Baustofftechnologie Abteilung Baustoffe und Betonbau/MPA Karlsruhe/ CMM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Jürgen Hesser
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hanover, Germany
Markus Furche
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hanover, Germany
Hua Shao
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hanover, Germany
David Jaeggi
Bundesamt für Landestopografie (swisstopo), Wabern, Switzerland
Senecio Schefer
Bundesamt für Landestopografie (swisstopo), Wabern, Switzerland
Thomas Nagel
Institut für Geotechnik, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
Juan Carlos Mayor
Empresa nacional de residuos radiactivos (Enresa), Madrid, Spain
Simon Norris
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), Calderbridge, UK
Kim Chang-Seok
Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Toronto, Canada
Philipp Schädle
Eidgenössisches Nuklearsicherheitsinspektorat (ENSI), Brugg, Switzerland
José Luis García-Siñeriz
Amberg Infraestructuras, Madrid, Spain
Rainer Schuhmann
Ingenieur-Gesellschaft für Sensorik in der Umwelttechnik mbH
(ISU), Karlsruhe, Germany
Franz Königer
Ingenieur-Gesellschaft für Sensorik in der Umwelttechnik mbH
(ISU), Karlsruhe, Germany
Uwe Glaubach
Ingenieurpartnerschaft für Bergbau, Wasser und Deponietechnik
(IBeWa), Freiberg, Germany
Christopher Rölke
Institut für Gebirgsmechanik (IfG), Leipzig, Germany
Ralf Diedel
Stephan Schmidt Gruppe, Dornburg, Germany
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The SW-A experiment is a large-scale in situ test at the Mont Terri rock laboratory that...
