TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of Groundwater Flow in the Environment of the Boom Clay formation
AU - Gedeon, Matej
AU - Wemaere, Isabelle
AU - Labat, Serge
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - In Belgium, the Boom Clay formation is considered as reference host rock for the geological disposal of radioactive waste. Aquifers surrounding the Boom Clay play a passive role in the context of the disposal safety whereby the radionuclides are diluted by groundwater flow. The groundwater flow in these aquifers has been studied since decades. This research involves observations of groundwater levels in the regional and local piezometric networks, several site investigations including geophysics and core-drilled boreholes and groundwater modelling. In this context, groundwater modelling represents the integration of the site characterization efforts and provides a comprehensive tool for constraining the models used in the safety assessment of the geological disposal. The characterization programme along with the numerical modelling represents a sound basis for estimation of the safety assessment parameters, the derivation of the boundary conditions for the local and transport models and assessing the effects of the climate and other events.
AB - In Belgium, the Boom Clay formation is considered as reference host rock for the geological disposal of radioactive waste. Aquifers surrounding the Boom Clay play a passive role in the context of the disposal safety whereby the radionuclides are diluted by groundwater flow. The groundwater flow in these aquifers has been studied since decades. This research involves observations of groundwater levels in the regional and local piezometric networks, several site investigations including geophysics and core-drilled boreholes and groundwater modelling. In this context, groundwater modelling represents the integration of the site characterization efforts and provides a comprehensive tool for constraining the models used in the safety assessment of the geological disposal. The characterization programme along with the numerical modelling represents a sound basis for estimation of the safety assessment parameters, the derivation of the boundary conditions for the local and transport models and assessing the effects of the climate and other events.
KW - Site characterization
KW - groundwater modelling
KW - piezometry
KW - aquifer
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_117407
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/8832
U2 - 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.089
DO - 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.089
M3 - Article
SN - 1474-7065
VL - 36
SP - 1486
EP - 1495
JO - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
JF - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
IS - 17-18
T2 - Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement
Y2 - 28 March 2010 through 2 April 2010
ER -