Description
These include effects of radiogenic heat production on hydraulic, mineralogical and mechanical properties of Opalinus Clay (thermal degradation). The results of a thermal study show that temperatures in the Opalinus Clay due to the presence of heat-generating wastes will not exceed ~95 °C, which is only slightly above the maximal temperature the Opalinus Clay has experienced in the past (about 85 °C); thus thermal degradation is assumed to be negligible.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
OPA host rock
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
2.01
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
2.2.02, 2.2.10