29 April
43TH TECHNICAL MEETING, DAY 1 - PORRENTRUY
PROGRAMME OF DAY 1
WELCOME AND KEYNOTE
Registration opens
Welcome address, aims and organisation of the meeting
Christophe Nussbaum (swisstopo)
KEYNOTE: Nuclear transmutation: alternative to waste disposal?
Andreas Pautz (PSI)
Geochemistry and microbiology
Chairpersons: Nele Bleyen / Urs Mäder
Main lessons learned from 30 years of geochemical experiments at Mont Terri
Pierre de Cannière (FANC, retired)
30 years of porewater chemistry at Mont Terri: methods, results and modelling
Paul Wersin (University of Bern, retired)
Microbial hydrogen consumption in deep geological repositories – 16 years of the MA-A experiment
Ashley Brown (Nagra)
Coffee break
Fifteen years of BN Experiment at Mont Terri: fate of nitrate and selenium from bituminized radioactive waste in a clay host rock
Nele Bleyen (SCK CEN)
How does cement affect the swelling pressure of bentonite? A modelling approach (CI)
Andreas Jenni (University of Bern)
DR-C: diffusion in a thermal gradient experiment at Mont Terri
Guillaume Pochet (FANC)
Constraining transport parameters for performance and safety assessments: Bridging 30 years of Mont Terri in situ diffusion experiments with laboratory-scale data of rock samples from other sites
Raphaël Wuest (Nagra)
Lunch
CO2 AND GAS EXPERIMENTS
Chairperson: Michael Kühn
Hydro-mechanical-chemical processes in Opalinus Clay during CO2 injection in CL experiment
Roman Makhnenko (University of Illinois)
Testing caprock integrity of Opalinus Clay by means of a novel experimental setup (CO2LPIE experiment)
David Jaeggi (swisstopo)
THM processes of clay-rich fault zones: Lessons learned and perspectives from the Mont Terri fault activation experiments
Yves Guglielmi (US DOE)
The second gas injection test of the GT experiment: What it tells us about the first test and self-sealing
Robert Cuss (BGS)
TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Chairperson: Martin Ziegler
BIM Mont Terri
Stefan Volken (swisstopo)
Integrating geometric and semantic information using extended reality: a case study on BIM Mont Terri
Pascal Mosler (Schüssler-Plan Digital)
Lessons on research, regulation, reputation … and longevity from the Mont Terri URL history
Thomas Flüeler (ETHZ)
Madrigals of different epochs
David Zehnder and ensemble
Coffee break
POSTER SESSION
Salle du séminaire
Poster session
David Jaeggi, Martin Ziegler, Senecio Schefer (swisstopo)
Apéritif
Invited dinner
(sponsored by swisstopo)
List of posters
1.
Microbial hydrogen consumption in the crushed Opalinus Clay backfill of a deep geological repository.
C. Rolland (EPFL) et al.
2.
The LT-A experiment and the need for long-term laboratory tests
S. Schumacher (BGR) et al.
3.
Rock mass response in the vicinity of the Sandwich experiment
J. Hesser (BGR) et al.
4.
Comparing results of ERT and TDR measurements in Sandwich SW-A project
M. Furche (BGR) et al.
5.
Simulating Sandwich Shaft 1: An insight into the DECOVALEX Sandwich Task
L. Friedenberg (GRS) et al.
6.
Laboratory work in the frame of the Sandwich project
K. Emmerich (KIT) et al.
7.
Semi-technical scale experiment HTV-9
K. Emmerich (KIT) et al.
8.
Wireless System and In-Situ Performance Results at the Sandwich Shaft
S. Tunon Valladares (Amphos21) et al.
9.
Solute transport across an aged concrete/claystone interface (CI-D): tracking of diffusion after 4.4 years of tracer circulation
U. Mäder (Rockwaterconsulting) et al.
10.
Evolution of a concrete / claystone interface during 17 years of an in situ experiment (CI): characterisation by high-resolution chemical and mineralogical analysis
U. Mäder (Rockwaterconsulting) et al.
11.
Experimental and numerical analysis of hydraulic-mechanical interactions in claystone: insights from in-situ measurements and modeling of the twin niches (CD-A experiment)
G. Ziefle (BGR) et al.
12.
Anisotropy and seismic velocities of Opalinus Clay and surrounding rock formations
S. Lueth (GFZ) et al.
13.
Attention to detail: Insights on thermo-osmosis and the relevance of heterogeneity from back analysis of the Mt. Terri Deep Borehole experiment
F. Kiszkurno (TU Freiberg) et al.
14.
Modelling uranium migration in Opalinus Clay – the value of data, knowledge and experience from 30 years Mont Terri
T. Schöne (GFZ) et al.
15.
Design and experimental characterization of potential claystone-based backfill and sealing materials
M. Middelhoff (GRS) et al.
16.
Sorption and diffusion studies on Opalinus Clay from the sandy facies for the DR-C and DR-D experiments
S. Ratnayake (KIT) et al.
17.
Mineralogical and geochemical OPA characterization constraints for OPA pore water chemical modelling
C. Lerouge (BRGM) et al.
18.
Over 20 years of GRS pore pressure investigations at MT-Lab - an overview
K. Jantschik (GRS) et al.
19.
Comparison of modelling approaches for the DR-C and DR-D experiments
T. Hennig (GFZ) et al.
20.
Machine-learning approaches for mineralogy prediction from drill core images in clay-rich formations
R. Boiger (PSI) et al.
21.
Understanding time-dependent deformation in Opalinus Clay: insights and implications
L. Gotzen (RWTH Aachen) et al.
22.
Comparison of different fibre-optic strain sensing methods in tunnel linings (TS Experiment)
T. Vogt (Nagra) et al.
23.
Studying CO2 leakage on faults: summarising 7 years of activities at the CSD/CSE experiments
A. P. Rinaldi (ETH) et al.
24.
Long-term monitoring of elevation changes in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory: impact of the excavation of galleries 08 and 18
S. Condamin (swisstopo) et al.
25.
Pore water chemistry characterization by the squeezing technique in the context of the Mont Terri Project
A.M. Fernandez Diaz (CIEMAT) et al.
26.
Modelling bentonite re-saturation at limited water supply from the rock with the advanced COMSOL-VIPER code
M. Kröhn (GRS) et al.
27.
Gases and organic compounds released during heating of Opalinus Clay from the Mont Terri subsurface lab
C. Ostertag-Henning (BGR) et al.
28.
Heat storage in fractured and karstified rock masses
B. Valley et al. (CHYN)
