Modelling of Short-Term Interactions Between Concrete Support and the Excavated Damage Zone Around Galleries Drilled in Callovo–Oxfordian Claystone

Production of energy from nuclear power plants generates high-level radioactive nuclear waste, harmful during dozens of 1000 years. Deep geological disposal of nuclear waste represents a reliable solutions for its safe isolation. Confinement of radioactive wastes relies on the multi-barrier concept in which isolation is provided by a series of engineered (canister, backfill) and natural (host rock) barriers. Few underground research laboratories...