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MEASURES
MEASURES R&D project
The research project MEASURES aims to generate an experimentally created database on a defined crushed salt material and to develop and calibrate constitutive material models based on this data. In addition to recalculating the observed phenomena, the material models should enable the extrapolation of compaction behavior. The MEASURES project will significantly contribute to improving and deepening the understanding of crushed salt reactions and the associated permeability development. Furthermore, the project's results will help reduce uncertainties regarding the long-term behavior of crushed salt as a geotechnical barrier, thereby enhancing the predictive quality for a potential repository for heat-generating radioactive waste in rock salt. The project encompasses research work on various scales. Both experimental and numerical work are being conducted at the microstructure level, laboratory scale, and in-situ scale. The work of BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH focuses particularly on the development of material models and numerical calculations. The project strives for close collaboration with national and international colleagues and aims to present results at international conferences. The project partners, including Sandia National Laboratories (USA), COVRA (Netherlands), Utrecht University (UU, Netherlands), and the Nuclear Waste Service (UK), ensure ongoing international exchange.
Contact
Research & Development
info@bge-technology.de
Short Infos
Runtime: 2024 - 2027
Client:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Partner:
Institut für Gebirgsmechanik GmbH (IfG Leipzig), Deutschland
Technische Universität Clausthal (TU Clausthal), Deutschland
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH (GRS), Deutschland
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Deutschland
COVRA N.V. (COVRA N.V.), Niederlande
Utrecht University (UU), Niederlande
Nuclear Waste Service (NWS), Vereinigtes Königreich
Publications
// Conference paper
Multi-scale Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Crushed Salt Material used as Engineered Backfill in a Nuclear Waste Repository in Rock Salt (MEASURES)
Author(s): L. Friedenberg, M. Rahmig, C. Lerch, et al.
In: S. Sobolik; Ingraham, Mathew; Matteo, Edward; Mills, Melissa; Ross, Tonya; Conley, Donald; Stormont, John (eds.) 11th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech XI), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, July 8 – July 10, 2025. London: CRC Press. pp. 662–670
Language: Englisch
11.07.2025
Friedenberg, L.; Rahmig, M.; Lerch, C.; et al. (2025): Multi-scale Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Crushed Salt Material used as Engineered Backfill in a Nuclear Waste Repository in Rock Salt (MEASURES). In: S. Sobolik; Ingraham, Mathew; Matteo, Edward; Mills, Melissa; Ross, Tonya; Conley, Donald; Stormont, John (eds.) 11th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech XI), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, July 8 – July 10, 2025. London: CRC Press. pp. 662–670. MEASURES: MEASURES R&D project. Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit gGmbH (GRS), BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (BGE TEC), Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Technische Universität Clausthal (TU Clausthal). Santa Fe NM, USA
// 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: Englisch
20.12.2024