← Applied Geoscience Solutions Division

Nuclear Waste Disposal Project Center

Designs and evaluates deep geological repositories for high-level radioactive waste with multi-barrier safety systems, running 10,000-year performance-assessment simulations informed by host-rock characterization data, engineered-barrier models, and natural-analogue studies.

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Research Fields 13

Crystalline (Granite) Host Rock Characterization

🪨 Crystalline (Granite) Host Rock Characterization

Crystalline host rock characterization maps and hydraulically tests the fracture network w…

Clay/Shale Host Rock Mineralogy

🧱 Clay/Shale Host Rock Mineralogy

Clay and shale host rock mineralogy characterizes an argillaceous formation's capacity to …

Bentonite Engineered Barrier & Colloid Science

🧫 Bentonite Engineered Barrier & Colloid Science

Bentonite engineered barrier testing fabricates and emplaces compacted bentonite buffer bl…

Canister Corrosion Science (Copper/Metal Barriers)

🔧 Canister Corrosion Science (Copper/Metal Barriers)

Canister corrosion science predicts how long a copper waste canister will survive undergro…

Radionuclide Sorption & Transport Geochemistry

🧪 Radionuclide Sorption & Transport Geochemistry

Radionuclide sorption geochemistry measures how strongly a dissolved radionuclide binds to…

Long-Term Performance Assessment & Probabilistic Modeling

🎲 Long-Term Performance Assessment & Probabilistic Modeling

Long-term performance assessment integrates a candidate repository site's hydrological, ge…

Natural Analogue Studies (Oklo, Cigar Lake)

☢️ Natural Analogue Studies (Oklo, Cigar Lake)

Natural analogue studies validate a repository safety case's long-term predictions by samp…

Salt/Evaporite Host Formation Geology

🧂 Salt/Evaporite Host Formation Geology

Salt host formation geology logs a candidate repository's bedded or domal salt formation f…

Gas Generation & Migration in Repositories

💨 Gas Generation & Migration in Repositories

Gas generation and migration studies measure how much gas, primarily hydrogen produced by …

Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Repository Modeling

🔥 Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical Coupled Repository Modeling

Thermal-hydro-mechanical repository modeling runs an in-situ heater test that simulates wa…

Underground Research Laboratory Rock Mechanics

⛏️ Underground Research Laboratory Rock Mechanics

Underground research laboratory rock mechanics excavates and instruments a test drift, mon…

Radiolysis & Radiation Effects on Materials

☢️ Radiolysis & Radiation Effects on Materials

Radiolysis effects testing installs radiation-exposed material coupons near a simulated wa…

Nuclear Waste Policy & Long-Term Stewardship

📜 Nuclear Waste Policy & Long-Term Stewardship

Nuclear waste policy negotiates the public consultation, institutional stewardship, and lo…