Posiva Oy is constructing the ONKALO characterisation tunnel in Olkiluoto. Research conducted in the tunnel will verify the suitability of the Olkiluoto bedrock for final disposal.
Author: Birgitta Kalinowski
Presentation of MIND in IGD-TP Newsletter #4
The IGD-TP (Implementing Geological Disposal – Technical Platform) published their 4th Newletter today. MIND is presented as one of the new EU project. IGD-TP-Newsletter_4
Äspö HRL
The Äspö HRL (hard rock laboratory) outside Oskarshamn is a unique facility. SKB is conducting full-scale research and development here in preparation for the construction of a final repository for spent nuclear fuel. Microbial studies have been done for almost three decades at Äspö HRL by national as well as international groups.
The FEBEX experiment at the Grimsel Test Site
Recently the Full-scale Engineered Barrier Experiment (FEBEX), which is intended among other things to provide greater knowledge of different processes in clay buffers, was dismantled. The purpose with the FEBEX was to increase the knowledge about the near-field of a repository for high-level radioactive waste.