Description

Shallow borehole drilling (i.e. not penetrating the host rock) as exploratory work for any of the above-host-rock human activities listed below.

Category

Category of FEP

Geosynthesis

Sub-category

Sub-category of FEP

Human-induced events (above host rock)

Ondraf Niras FEP Number

Ondraf Niras FEP Number

1

FEP Effects

Description of FEP Effects

Changes in hydraulic properties of shallow layers, potentially extending to host rock Creation of preferential pathways in upper layers.

Reference(s)

References Relevant to FEP

ER-186_I1

NEA TN2 IFEP Reference(s)

Related IFEPs from the NEA TN2 List of Proposed IFEP Revisions [NEA/RWM/R(2013)8]

1.4.5 Drilling activities.