CHARACTERISTICS AND RATES OF MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN CLAYS OF DIFFERENT MINERAL AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION IN RELATION TO SAFETY PREDICTION FOR ESB CLAY MATERIALS

Characteristics and Rates of Microbial Processes in Clays of Different Mineral and Elemental Composition in Relation to Safety Prediction for ESB Clay Materials

Microbial activity in clay barrier materials during radioactive waste disposal can lead to a violation of important physicochemical properties of the barrier system as a whole, thereby reducing the safety of the storage facility.This work evaluates the activity of the microbial complex of five bentonite and two kaolin clays.All clay materials were

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Remarks to the risk assessment for abandoned mine sites

The authors give some remarks to the term risk regarding its use for the assessment of abandoned mine sites.These remarks are based SWEATERSCREW on the recommendation Geotechnical Investigation and Evaluation of Abandoned Mine Sites developed by the working committee Abandoned Mining of the German Society for Geotechnical Engineering (DGGT) and the

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