Published April 10, 2014 | Version v1
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Artificial caverns for energy. Why and how?

Creators

  • 1. Association francaise des Tunnels et de l'Espace souterrain (France)
  • 2. Comite francais de Mecanique des roches (France)

Description

The use by mankind of natural or artificial caverns is age-old for shelter and mining it applies more recently to industrial installations in the field of energy, both for production and for storage. Various applications lead to go towards volumes always bigger, and/or always deeper, which raises geological and technological problems always more difficult: indeed, more than other types of works, artificial caverns depend on the site, the geography, the geology, the hydrogeology, the state of stress, and so, all the more when their size increases

Abstract (French)

L'usage par l'homme de cavernes naturelles ou artificielles est immemorial pour l'abri tout d'abord, pour l'exploitation miniere, longtemps apres. Il concerne plus recemment des installations industrielles dans le domaine de l'energie, tant pour la fourniture que pour le stockage. Diverses applications conduisent a rechercher des volumes toujours plus grands, et/ou toujours plus profonds, ce qui pose des problemes geologiques et technologiques toujours plus ardus: en effet, davantage que d'autres types d'ouvrages, les cavernes dependent du site (geographie, geologie, hydrogeologie, etat naturel de contrainte) et ce, d'autant plus lorsque leurs dimensions augmentent

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Cavernes artificielles pour l'energie. Pourquoi et comment?

Publishing Information

Publisher
Editions Techniques de l'Ingenieur
Imprint Place
Saint-Denis (France)
Imprint Pagination
33 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
54098188
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Descriptors DEI
AQUIFERS; CAVES; CERN; CHOOZ-A REACTOR; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LABORATORIES; NATURAL GAS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MECHANICS; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING; SALT CAVERNS; SHAFT EXCAVATIONS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SUPER-KAMIOKANDE NEUTRINO DETECTOR; TUNNELS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR STATIONS; UNDERGROUND STORAGE
Descriptors DEC
CAVITIES; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MANAGEMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICS; MINING; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REACTORS; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; UNDERGROUND MINING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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