Description

After a period of gas-pressure build-up, the gas pressure may exceed the capillary pressure in the larger cement pores, water will be forced out and 2-phase flow may take place.

OPA Category

Category as used in the OPA assessment

ILW backfill and liner

OPA Number

Number as used in the OPA assessment

2.15

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

2.1.12, 2.1.08