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Bentonite mechanical evolution

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Project "Beacon" data sheet

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Coordinator
SVENSK KARNBRANSLEHANTERING AKTIEBOLAG 

Organization address
address: BOX 3091
city: SOLNA
postcode: 169 03
website: http://www.skb.se

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 Coordinator Country Sweden [SE]
 Project website http://beacon-h2020.eu/
 Total cost 4˙051˙777 €
 EC max contribution 3˙804˙205 € (94%)
 Programme 1. H2020-Euratom-1.2. (Contribute to the development of solutions for the management of ultimate nuclear waste)
 Code Call NFRP-2016-2017-1
 Funding Scheme RIA
 Starting year 2017
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2017-06-01   to  2021-05-31

 Partnership

Take a look of project's partnership.

# participants  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    SVENSK KARNBRANSLEHANTERING AKTIEBOLAG SE (SOLNA) coordinator 477˙375.00
2    ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE CH (LAUSANNE) participant 246˙953.00
3    UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA ES (BARCELONA) participant 220˙875.00
4    QUINTESSA LIMITED UK (HENLEY ON THAMES) participant 213˙855.00
5    CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE CZ (PRAHA) participant 213˙750.00
6    CLAY TECHNOLOGY AB SE (LUND) participant 209˙000.00
7    UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE BE (LIEGE) participant 196˙768.00
8    Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy FI (Espoo) participant 190˙553.00
9    IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE UK (LONDON) participant 178˙056.00
10    GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) gGmbH DE (KOLN) participant 177˙435.00
11    CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT ES (MADRID) participant 161˙500.00
12    KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE DE (KARLSRUHE) participant 157˙868.00
13    NATIONALE GENOSSENSCHAFT FUER DIE LAGERUNG RADIOAKTIVER ABFAELLE CH (WETTINGEN) participant 146˙121.00
14    UNIVERZITA KARLOVA CZ (PRAHA 1) participant 137˙750.00
15    JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO FI (JYVASKYLA) participant 124˙212.00
16    COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES FR (PARIS 15) participant 122˙511.00
17    UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION UK (SWINDON) participant 99˙708.00
18    LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS LT (KAUNAS) participant 95˙000.00
19    AGENCE NATIONALE POUR LA GESTION DES DECHETS RADIOACTIFS FR (CHATENAY MALABRY) participant 86˙666.00
20    MILJOORGANISATIONERNAS KARNAVFALLSGRANSKNING SE (GOTEBORG) participant 83˙337.00
21    POSIVA OY FI (EURAJOKI) participant 72˙750.00
22    RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED UK (CUMBRIA) participant 62˙157.00
23    BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE DE (HANNOVER) participant 58˙750.00
24    EMPRESA NACIONAL DE RESIDUOS RADIACTIVOS S.A. ES (MADRID) participant 35˙625.00
25    Radioactive Waste Repository Authority CZ (Praha) participant 35˙625.00
26    NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE) participant 0.00

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 Project objective

The overall objective of the project is to develop and test the tools necessary for the assessment of the hydro-mechanical evolution of an installed bentonite barrier and its resulting performance. This will be achieved by cooperation between design and engineering, science and performance assessment. The evolution from an installed engineered system to a fully functioning barrier will be assessed. One of the challenges is to take into account initial heterogeneities introduced in the system by conception with a combination of block and pellets or due to the size of the bentonite component (several 100 m3). It will require a more detailed understanding of material properties, of the fundamental processes that lead to homogenisation, of the role of scale effects and improved capabilities for numerical modelling. The goal is to verify the performance of current designs for buffers, backfills, seals and plugs. The overall driver for the project is the assessment cases that will be defined at the onset of the project (WP1). The quantitative models currently available are not fully able to represent all the complexities of the evolution of an installed bentonite. A substantial effort is needed to improve both the conceptual approaches and the numerical solutions in the current models (WP3). The updated/newly developed models need to be tested and verified using available data (WP5). There are some areas where fundamental data and the understanding of materials are incomplete. An efficient experimental programme will support model development and testing (WP4). There is already a large database from experiments performed within EC projects and national programmes, both laboratory and Underground Research Laboratory (URL) experiments. Many of the tests have been performed with other purposes in mind, but the results can be used in the Beacon project. The objective of WP2 is to collect the relevant information and process it to a level where it can be used in this project

 Deliverables

List of deliverables.
D8.4 Minutes from first annual meeting Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:12
D7.4 Publication plan Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D5.1.1 Specifications of verification/validation test cases - geometry, characteristics of the materials, measures Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D7.1 Website for public and partner use Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D2.1 Initial Workshop Other 2020-04-09 00:22:12
D2.2 Identification of relevant data/models Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:12
D8.1 Data Management Plan (DMP) Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D7.2 Project presentation. Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D8.3 Minutes from Kick off meeting Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:12
The first EARB review Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:12
D6.1 Scoping of the Beacon project, initial CS perspectives and enhanced work plan for years 2-4 (Month 11, revised M24) Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D1.1 State of the art report Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:11
EARB first annual project review Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:12
D8.12 Proceedings from Initial Workshop Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D8.2 Communication plan Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D1.2 Final workshop Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D7.3 Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR). Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D7.5 Training Course Other 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D5.2.1 Specifications of large scale experiments tests from task 5.2 Documents, reports 2020-04-09 00:22:11
D8.5 Minutes from second annual meeting Documents, reports 2020-04-03 14:54:33
D4.1/2 - Bentonite mechanical evolution – experimental work for the support of model development and validation Documents, reports 2020-04-03 13:50:41
5.3.1 Specifications of predictive test cases from task 5.3 Documents, reports 2020-04-03 13:51:25
D5.1.2 Synthesis of the results obtain of test cases from task 5.1 Documents, reports 2020-04-03 13:51:07
D3.1 Description of the constitutive models available at the start of the Beacon project Documents, reports 2020-04-03 14:55:16
D3.2 Description of improved constitutive models and their implementation and verification Documents, reports 2020-04-03 14:56:19
EARB second annual project review report Documents, reports 2020-04-03 14:54:52

Take a look to the deliverables list in detail:  detailed list of Beacon deliverables.

 Publications

year authors and title journal last update
List of publications.
2018 María Victoria Villar, Rubén J Iglesias, José Luis García-Siñeriz
State of the in situ Febex test (GTS, Switzerland) after 18 years: a heterogeneous bentonite barrier
published pages: 1-13, ISSN: 2051-803X, DOI: 10.1680/jenge.17.00093
Environmental Geotechnics 2020-04-09
2020 María Victoria Villar, Rubén Javier Iglesias, José Luis García-Siñeriz, Antonio Lloret, Fernando Huertas
Physical evolution of a bentonite buffer during 18 years of heating and hydration
published pages: 105408, ISSN: 0013-7952, DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105408
Engineering Geology 264 2020-04-09
2018 Haiquan Sun, David Mašín, Jan Najser, Vilém Neděla, Eva Navrátilová
Bentonite microstructure and saturation evolution in wetting–drying cycles evaluated using ESEM, MIP and WRC measurements
published pages: 1-14, ISSN: 0016-8505, DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.17.p.253
Géotechnique Published August 28, 2018 2020-04-09

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