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Thermo-hydraulic-mechanical analysis of deep geological disposal of high level nuclear waste

F. ZHANG, S. ZHANG, Y. L. XIONG, H. NAKANO, T. NISHIMURA

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 2011, 17(2), 61-62. https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2011.017.061

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In deep geological disposal for high-level radioactive waste (HLW), one of the most important factors is to study the thermo-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) behavior of natural barrier that consists of host rock, most made from sedimentary rock or granite. In this paper, based on a new simple thermo-elasto-viscoplastic model of soft rock proposed by Zhang & Zhang (2009), a program of finite element method (FEM) has been developed to simulate the above-mentioned THM behavior of geological disposal. 2D and 3D analyses are conducted to estimate long-term stability of the host rock. The men-made barrier, usually composed of buffer material of bentonite, metal container and glass-mixed nuclear waste, are assumed to be elastic in their mechanical behavior. It is known from the analyses that thermal conductivity plays a very important role in the heat-induced stress-strain field. In some circumstances, long-term instable state of the host rock might occur if the heat generated from the nuclear waste is not properly treated.

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ZHANG, F., ZHANG, S., XIONG, Y.L., NAKANO, H., NISHIMURA, T. (2011). Thermo-hydraulic-mechanical analysis of deep geological disposal of high level nuclear waste. The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, 17(2), 61-62. https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2011.017.061
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ZHANG F, ZHANG S, XIONG YL, NAKANO H, NISHIMURA T. Thermo-hydraulic-mechanical analysis of deep geological disposal of high level nuclear waste. Int Conf Comput Exp Eng Sciences . 2011;17(2):61-62 https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2011.017.061
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F. ZHANG, S. ZHANG, Y.L. XIONG, H. NAKANO, and T. NISHIMURA, “Thermo-hydraulic-mechanical analysis of deep geological disposal of high level nuclear waste,” Int. Conf. Comput. Exp. Eng. Sciences , vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 61-62, 2011. https://doi.org/10.3970/icces.2011.017.061



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