Simulation of Fracture Flow to the Kamaishi Validation Drift

by Masahiro Uchida, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel, Development Corp, Ibaraki, Japan,
Thomas W. Doe, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel, Development Corp, Ibaraki, Japan,
William Dershowitz, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel, Development Corp, Ibaraki, Japan,
Peter Wallmann, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel, Development Corp, Ibaraki, Japan,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1993

Abstract:

The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) has developed an in-situ test facility in the Kamaishi Mine to resolve technical issues in disposal of radioactive wastes in fractured crystalline rock. This paper presents the results of a discrete-fracture simulation of flow to a 50-m long drift in the experimental area. The results show that realistic flow simulations can be prepared using readily obtainable data under Japanese geological conditions.

Subject Headings: Flow simulation | Cracking | Rocks | Field tests | Waste disposal | Radioactive wastes | Geology

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