In situ experiments associated with the disposal of radioactive waste

The International Stripa Project was launched in 1980 under the auspices of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency at the disused Stripa iron-ore mine in Sweden to study the ability of crystalline rock to isolate radioactive waste. This is the third in a series of proceedings from Symposia held since then to review progress in the three main areas covered by the Project: (1) the development and improvement of site assessment methods and concepts; (2) characterization of the Stripa granite and validation of concepts for groundwater flow and radionuclide transport through fractures; and (3) techniques and materials for the engineered sealing of possible groundwater flow paths through crystalline rock