MR005
Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Disposal: Coupled Thermal, Hydrological, Mechanical, Chemical, and Biological (THMCB) Processes over Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales I

Monday, 14 December 2020: 20:30-21:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Yongliang Xiong, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Conveners:  Teklu Hadgu1, Thomas A Dewers1 and Qinhong Hu2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Nuclear Waste Disposal Research and Analysis, Albuquerque, NM, United States(2)The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Yongliang Xiong, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Chairs:  Yongliang Xiong1, Teklu Hadgu2, Thomas A Dewers2 and Qinhong Hu3, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States(2)Sandia National Laboratories, Nuclear Waste Disposal Research and Analysis, Albuquerque, NM, United States(3)The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Yongliang Xiong, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
20:30
MR005-01
The International DECOVALEX Model Comparison Project: Recent Advances in Simulating Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical and Chemical Processes (735714)
Jens T Birkholzer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States and Alexander Bond, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
20:34
MR005-02
Realistic modeling approach for tracer migration and retention in fractured crystalline rocks from the Grimsel Test Site (Invited) (733049)
Yukio Tachi1, Tsuyoshi Ito2, Yuta Fukatsu1, Yosuke Akagi3, Hisao Satoh3, Qinhong Hu4 and Andrew J Martin5, (1)Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-Gun, Tokai-Mura, Japan, (2)JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Tokai, Japan, (3)Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Naka, Japan, (4)The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (5)NAGRA National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Wettingen, Switzerland
20:38
MR005-03
Seal System Research within the Brine Availability Test in Salt at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (684666)
Melissa Marie Mills, Kristopher L Kuhlman and Edward N Matteo, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
20:42
MR005-04
Fault hydromechanical response to a remote gallery excavation in Opalinus Clay (Mont Terri, Switzerland) (711783)
Florian Soom1, Yves Guglielmi1, Paul J Cook1, Antonio Pio Rinaldi2, Alba Zappone3, Chet Hopp1, Michelle Robertson1, Kakurina Maria4, Quinn Wenning2, Dorothee Rebscher5 and Christophe Nussbaum6, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, (3)ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, (4)University of Neuchâtel (UNINE), Neuchâtel, Switzerland, (5)Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany, (6)Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo), St.-Ursanne, Switzerland
20:46
MR005-05
In-situ experimental study of the coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical behavior at WIPP using resistivity and distributed fiber optic sensing (Invited) (713500)
Jiannan Wang1, Sebastian Uhlemann2, Shawn Otto3, Brian Lee Dozier3, Kristopher L Kuhlman4 and Yuxin Wu5, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carlsbad, NM, United States, (4)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States
20:50
MR005-06
Modeling the Transport of Corrosive Species through Highly Compacted Bentonite Clay: Optimizing Boundary Conditions (684615)
Md Abdullah Asad1, Sarah Couillard1, Ian L Molnar2, Mehran Behazin3, Peter G. Keech3 and Magdalena Krol1, (1)York University, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (3)Nuclear Waste Management Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada
20:54
MR005-07
The Role of Geological Models and Uncertainties in Safety Assessments (679417)
Merle Bjorge1, Phillip Kreye1, Elisa Heim2, Florian Wellmann3,4 and Wolfram Ruehaak1, (1)Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal, Site Selection Procedure, Department Safety Assessment, Peine, Germany, (2)Institute for Applied Geophysics and Geothermal Energy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, (3)Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, (4)Computational Geoscience and Reservoir Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
20:58
MR005-08
The study on stochastic thermal-hydraulic-mechanical coupled model for porous media with dependent parameters (718872)
Jian Yu Chen and Shih-Jung Wang, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Applied Geology Institute, Jhongli, Taiwan
21:02
Discussion
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