The Hades Demonstration Project for Radwaste Disposal in Deeply Clay

Abstract

The underground laboratory constructed on the site of the belgian nuclear research establishment at mol in the framework of the hades-project (high activity disposal experimental site) permitted to carry out specific in situ investigations in the field of corrosion behaviour of various candidate materials, geotechnics, hydrology, physico-chemistry, heat transfer and radionuclide migration. The results of these investigations are very encouraging and the decision has been taken to extend the underground facility towards a pilot size unit.