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Architecture and management of a geological repository - Andra

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5 – Repository ModulesFigure 5.3.8 KBS3-H horizontal concept with over-pack (SKB, Sweden) : top, over-pack ;bottom, horizontal cells.• USAThe American Yucca Mountain project is dedicated to civil <strong>and</strong> military spent fuels. The <strong>geological</strong>formation is a volcanic tuff. The disposal cells are 5.5 m diameter, 970 m long horizontal “through”drifts [69]. The packages are placed in them in line, without buffer, but in a raised position <strong>and</strong> under atitanium drip shield, so as to protect them from local percolation (meteoric water) <strong>and</strong> localisedinduced corrosion.The difference between this concept <strong>and</strong> all the other projects lies in the fact that the heat produced bythe packages is evacuated by forced ventilation which ventilates the entire line <strong>of</strong> the <strong>repository</strong> driftsfor a period <strong>of</strong> 69 years. Once the packages have been placed in the drifts, no back-filling is carriedout. The structures are sealed after a period <strong>of</strong> approximately 100 years.DOSSIER 2005 ARGILE -ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF A GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL SYSTEM237/495

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