Section: Bilateral Contracts and Grants with Industry

Bilateral Contracts with Industry

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Abstract: Even in small numbers, fractures must be carefully considered for the geological disposal of radioactive wastes. They critically enhance diffusivity, speed up solute transport, extend mixing fronts and, in turn, modify the physicochemical conditions of reactivity around possible storage sites. Numerous studies in various fields have shown that fractures cannot be simply integrated within an equivalent po- rous medium with a simple enhancement of its petro-physical properties (porosity and permeability). We propose a combined numerical and experimental approach to determine the influence on reactivity of typical fracture patterns found in some radioactive waste applications.