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// Conference paper

A systematic approach to scenario development for long-term safety assessments for a high-level waste (HLW) repository concept in German crystalline

Author(s): André Lommerzheim, Christian Müller, Jens Wolf, B. Frenzel, Kim Mayer, Andreas Weitkamp

In: J. Stein (ed.) Safety Case Symposium 2024: Moving towards the construction of a safe DGR — Getting real, Budapest, 8-11 October 2024. Paris: OECD/NEA

Language: English

Lommerzheim A.; Müller C.; Wolf J.; Frenzel B.; Mayer K.; Weitkamp A. (2024): A systematic approach to scenario development for long-term safety assessments for a high-level waste (HLW) repository concept in German crystalline. CHRISTA-III: Development of a methodology for the systematic derivation of expected and deviating developments in crystalline rock in Germany and exemplary application as a basis for assessing safe containment considering optimization measures. BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH (GRS). Online

08.10.2024

CHRISTA-III

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// Newsletter

BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2024 Q3

Author(s): Mirko Polster, et al.

Third newsletter of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in 2024

  • Hydraulic Integrity Assessment of a Shaft Sealing System in a Generic Salt Repository
  • Injection Tests in the BEDRETTO Underground Laboratory (Switzerland)
  • Sealing and Backfilling Measures for HLW Repositories
  • R&D Project ELBRock: First Milestones Reached

Language: English

22.08.2024

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Proceedings US-German Workshop 2022

// Proceedings

Proceedings 12th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation 2022

Author(s): Philipp Herold, Michael Bühler, Kris Kuhlman, Jörg Melzer, Chammi Miller, Nina Müller-Hoeppe, Julia Rienäcker-Burschil, Anderson Ward

Proceedings of the twelfth German-American workshop on research, design and operation of repositories in salt formations, which took place from 6 to 9 September 2022 at the Hotel Steigenberger in Braunschweig.

Language: English

Herold P.; Bühler M.; Kuhlman K.; Melzer J.; Miller C.; Müller-Hoeppe N.; Rienäcker-Burschil J.; Ward A. (2024): Proceedings 12th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation 2022. US-German Workshop: German-American Workshop on Research, Design, and Operation of Repositories in Salt Formations. BGE TEC 2022-21. BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), SANDIA National Laboratories (SANDIA), Projektträger Karlsruhe (PTKA). Peine

19.06.2024

US-German Workshop

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// Newsletter

BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2024 Q2

Author(s): Niklas Bertrams, et al.

Second newsletter of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in 2024

  • Fracture Modelling in Crystalline Rock
  • „...With a Little help...“ - Current Modelling Work of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in Support of BGE‘s Projects
  • Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning is Moving to the Next Phase In Their Radioactive Waste Management Programme With the Help From GeoReN Group
  • The SalVE Project – Are Molten Salts Able to Improve Engineered Barriers in Rock Salt? 
  • Compaction of Crushed Salt for Safe Containment

Language: English

30.04.2024

SalVE

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// Conference paper

The Deep Borehole Disposal Method and an International Demonstration Project Proposal for Australia

Author(s): Nate Smith, Tilman Fischer, David Seidel, Tim Senden

In: Waste Management Symposia (WMS) (ed.) WM2024 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, 10-14.03.2024. Red Hook, NY: Curran Associates, Inc

Language: English

Smith N.; Fischer T.; Seidel D.; Senden T. (2024): The Deep Borehole Disposal Method and an International Demonstration Project Proposal for Australia. 24330. Tellus Holdings Ltd (Tellus), BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Australian National University (ANU). Phoenix, AZ

11.03.2024

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// Newsletter

BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2024 Q1

Author(s): Thilo von Berlepsch, et al.

First newsletter of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in 2024

  • Strengthening of Bonds with Japanese Organisations
  • Consultancy for the Sandy Ridge Deep Borehole Research Project
  • Project HITEC: Analysis of High Temperature Effects on Clay Host Rocks
  • 11th HotBENT Partner Meeting in Brunswick
  • Project PRECODE: Quantification of the Dilatancy and Fluid Pressure Criteria in Crystalline Rock Formation

Language: English

31.01.2024

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// Journal article

Scenario development for safety assessment in deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel: A review

Author(s): Kris Kuhlman, Jeroen Bartol, Alexander Carter, André Lommerzheim, Jens Wolf

Language: English

Kuhlman K.; Bartol J.; Carter A.; Lommerzheim A.; Wolf J. (2024): Scenario development for safety assessment in deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel: A review. 10.1111/risa.14276. SANDIA National Laboratories (SANDIA), BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH (GRS). Wiley Online Library

31.01.2024

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// Research report

Compaction of Crushed Salt for Safe Containment – Phase 2

Author(s): Larissa Friedenberg, Christian Lerch, Nina Müller-Hoeppe, Michael Rahmig, et al.

Final report of the KOMPASS-II research project

Language: English

Friedenberg L.; Lerch C.; Müller-Hoeppe N.; Rahmig M.; et al. (2024): Compaction of Crushed Salt for Safe Containment – Phase 2. GRS - 751. Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH (GRS), BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR). Braunschweig

15.01.2024

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// Newsletter

BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2023 Q4

Author(s): Philipp Herold, et al.

Fourth newsletter of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in 2023

  • BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH Supports COVRA in Their Generic Studies on the Dutch Salt Formations
  • Support Structures for a GDF in Claystone
  • Functional Assessment of Geomechanical and Fluid Engineering Properties of an MgO Drift Seal 
  • Development and Validation of a THM Model for Claystone

Language: English

07.12.2023

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// Conference paper

BARIK: laboratory programme within the framework of the development of an extended Hoek–Brown-based anisotropic constitutive model for fractured crystalline rock

Author(s): Max Friedel, Fabian Weber, Heinz Konietzki, Rocio Paola León Vargas, Alireza Hassanzadegan, Michael Rahmig

2nd International Research Symposium of BASE on Safety of Nuclear Disposal (SafeND), Berlin, 13-15 September, 2023

doi.org/10.5194/sand-2-63-2023

Language: English

Friedel M.; Weber F.; Konietzki H.; León Vargas R. P.; Hassanzadegan A.; Rahmig M. (2023): BARIK: laboratory programme within the framework of the development of an extended Hoek–Brown-based anisotropic constitutive model for fractured crystalline rock. 10.5194/sand-2-63-2023. Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC).

06.09.2023

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