Description

In the long term, voids in the waste packages and the backfill, as well as voids caused by cement dissolution, will close due to plastic deformation of the surrounding Opalinus Clay, leading to convergence of the ILW tunnels.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

ILW backfill and liner

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

2.10.1

Waste Relevance

Classes of waste to which this FEP is relevant

ILW

NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999

2.1.07