Boom Clay is one of the potential host rocks for deep geological disposal of high-level
radioactive nuclear waste in Belgium. In order to investigate the mechanism of hydraulic …

Abstract Boom Clay and Ypresian Clays have been considered as potential geological host
formations for radioactive waste disposal in Belgium. Considering the significant differences …

The large-scale PRACLAY heater test has been running since November 2014 in the
HADES URF (Belgium) to examine the combined impact on the host Boom Clay of the …

Deep geological disposal is the preferred solution for radioactive waste management in
many countries, including Belgium, where the Boom Clay is one of the potential candidate …

In the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in argillaceous rocks, studying the
barrier integrity after gas transport and the pathway closure thanks to self-sealing capacity is …

Gas migration through a potential host clay formation for the geological disposal of
radioactive waste in Belgium is experimentally investigated in the laboratory, and numerical …

During recent decades, argillaceous sedimentary formations have been studied as potential
host formations for the geological disposal of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste …

In the HADES underground research laboratory in Belgium, a large-scale PRACLAY Heater
test and a small-scale ATLAS Heater test are performed to examine the thermo-hydro …

Boom Clay has been considered as a potential host-rock for the geological radioactive
waste disposal in Belgium. In this context, it is important to well understand the thermo-hydro …

The drying phenomenon in clays is a multiphysical process accompanied by alterations in
the thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical states of the multiphase system. Reversible and …