Description
The potential site of the SF/HLW/ILW repository is in the Zürcher Weinland of northern Switzerland, close to the Rhine river section between Neuhausen and Rheinau. The repository is located in the Opalinus Clay (reference depth of the repository 650 m below ground). Separate emplacement tunnels for SF/HLW and ILW are constructed in the centre of the clay layer and aligned along the dip direction. The design includes the main repository, a pilot repository for monitoring purposes and a test facility (rock laboratory). Access to the system of tunnels is provided, during construction and operation, by a spiral ramp. A vertical ventilation shaft is also foreseen.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
Waste Relevance
Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999