// Newsletter
BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2025 Q1
Author(s): M. Ripkens, et al.
First newsletter of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in 2025
- Sealing and Backfilling Measures for HLW Repositories
- License to Design Support Structures
- Historical Reflections 2000-2006
Language: English
28.04.2025
// Journal article
EURAD state-of-the-art report: thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour at high temperature of host clay formations
Author(s): P. Bésuelle, M. Villar, E. Simo, et al.
Language: English
Publication number: DOI: 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1436490
28.03.2025
Bésuelle, P.; Villar, M. V.; Simo, E.; et al. (2025): EURAD state-of-the-art report: thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour at high temperature of host clay formations. PIONIER: Implementierung und Weiterentwicklung von Stoffmodellen für Tongesteine und Bentonit zur Simulation THM-gekoppelter Prozesse im Rahmen sicherheitsanalytischer Untersuchungen. DOI: 10.3389/fnuen.2025.1436490. EURAD Partneers (EURAD). Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering
// Journal article
THM-modelling benchmark initiative on the effects of temperature on the disposal of heat-generating radioactive waste in clay formations
Author(s): E. Simo, C. Lesquen, R. León Vargas, et al.
Language: English
25.02.2025
Simo, E.; Lesquen, C. d.; León Vargas, R. P.; et al. (2025): THM-modelling benchmark initiative on the effects of temperature on the disposal of heat-generating radioactive waste in clay formations. EURAD Partneers (EURAD). Acta Geotech. (Acta Geotechnica)
// Presentation
Status of German Geological Repository Projects
Author(s): A. Lommerzheim
Technical Meeting of the Underground Research Facilities Network for Geological Disposal on Member State Updates and Global Progress in Developing Geological Disposal Solutions. IAEA. 18.02.2025, Online
Language: English
18.02.2025
Lommerzheim, A. (2025): Status of German Geological Repository Projects. Technical Meeting of the Underground Research Facilities Network for Geological Disposal on Member State Updates and Global Progress in Developing Geological Disposal Solutions. IAEA. 18.02.2025, Online. BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC). Online
// Research report
Methodology for Design and Performance Assessment of Engineered Barrier Systems in a Salt Repository for HLW/SNF
Author(s): E. Simo, A. Gafoor, P. Herold, R. León Vargas, A. Lommerzheim, A. Keller, D. Seidel, K. Kuhlman, et al.
Synthesis Report
Language: English
Publication number: BGE TEC 2025-07, SAND2025-02745R
27.01.2025
Simo, E.; Gafoor, A.; Herold, P.; León Vargas, R. P.; Lommerzheim, A.; Keller, A.; Seidel, D.; Kuhlman, K. L.; et al. (2025): Methodology for Design and Performance Assessment of Engineered Barrier Systems in a Salt Repository for HLW/SNF. Synthesis Report. RANGERS: Development of a guideline for the design and verification of geotechnical barriers for a high-level radioactive waste repository in salt formations. BGE TEC 2025-07, SAND2025-02745R. BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), SANDIA National Laboratories (SANDIA). Peine, Albuquerque
// Newsletter
BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2024 Q4
Author(s): T. von Berlepsch, et al.
Fourth newsletter of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH in 2024
- BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH supports BGE in Area Screening in the Site Selection Procedure
- Accident Analyses for the Operating Phase of the KONRAD Mine – Effect of Fire on Structural Stability?
- Evaluation of the Impact of Metal Corrosion on the Integrity of Waste Containers in Crystalline Rock (R&D Project BEnKo)
- AI-supported Material Modelling of Bentonite behaviour (R&D Project KI-Stoff)
- Crushed Salt as Engineered Backfill Material (R&D Project MEASURES)
Language: English
20.12.2024
// Research report
SalVE. Machbarkeitsstudie zur Anwendbarkeit von Niedertemperatur-Salzschmelzen für Verschlussmaßnahmen von Endlagern für radioaktive Abfälle im Wirtsgestein Salz
Author(s): D. Freyer, A. Keller, T. Popp, et al.
Final Report
Language: German
18.10.2024
Freyer, D.; Keller, A.; Popp, T.; et al. (2024): SalVE. Machbarkeitsstudie zur Anwendbarkeit von Niedertemperatur-Salzschmelzen für Verschlussmaßnahmen von Endlagern für radioaktive Abfälle im Wirtsgestein Salz. Final Report. SalVE: Applicability of low-temperature salt melts for sealing measures in repositories for radioactive waste in salt host rock. Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Institut für Gebirgsmechanik GmbH (IfG Leipzig). Freiberg
// 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): A. Lommerzheim, C. Müller, J. Wolf, B. Frenzel, K. Mayer, A. 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
08.10.2024
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. 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. BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH (GRS). Online
// Newsletter
BGE TECHNOLOGY NEWS 2024 Q3
Author(s): M. 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
// Proceedings
Proceedings 12th US/German Workshop on Salt Repository Research, Design, and Operation 2022
Author(s): P. Herold, M. Bühler, K. Kuhlman, J. Melzer, C. Miller, N. Müller-Hoeppe, J. Rienäcker-Burschil, A. Ward
Braunschweig. September 6 – September 9, 2022
Language: English
Publication number: BGE TEC 2022-21
19.06.2024
Herold, P.; Bühler, M.; Kuhlman, K. L.; 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. Braunschweig. September 6 – September 9, 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