International Progress in Deep Geologic Disposal: I

An Empirical Approach to Disposal Tunnel Design and Sealing in Neogene Sedimentary Rocks

3:15–3:35PM EST

Akira Hayano (JAEA), Kazuhei Aoyagi (JAEA), Hiroaki Murakami (JAEA), Shun Kimura (JAEA)

An Overview of a Full-scale Construction Experiment for the Tunnel Sealing Technology at Horonobe URL

3:35–3:55PM EST

Shun Kimura (Horonobe Underground Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akira Hayano (Horonobe Underground Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Makoto Ono (TAISEI CORPORATION)

Using Laboratory and Field Tests and the Corresponding Modeling Work to Study the Evolution of Bentonite Buffer under High Temperature

3:55–4:15PM EST

Liange Zheng (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Chun Chang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Radhavi Samarakoon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Jens T. Birkholzer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Refined Model in Near-field: Quarter Waste Package Shale Near-Field Model

4:15–4:35PM EST

Eduardo Basurto (Sandia), Tara LaForce (Sandia), Laura Swiler (Sandia)

Energy Recovery from Storage and Disposal Facilities for High-Level Nuclear Waste

4:35–4:55PM EST

Dauren Sarsenbayev (MIT), Haruko Wainwright (MIT)