Disposal options for radioactive residues

project executing organisation: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
project number: 02S9082A

In Germany, the disposal of radioactive, in particular heat-generating waste has become a complex issue that cannot be solved in a pure technical and scientific way. Not only the variety of possible disposal options and variants, but also the resultant social, legal and ethical aspects necessitate the need for a comprehensive, interdisciplinary embossed multi-criteria evaluation. This project has the aim of forming a research platform for the promotion of scientific exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration between natural scientists, engineers, humanist, jurists and social scientists dealing with the disposal of radioactive waste materials to perform scientific research as well as to disciplinarily and interdisciplinarily educate and train young scientists. The Chair in Waste Disposal and Geomechanics engaged in this project with the numerical THM-coupled near-field process simulation in salt rock mass as well as in clay stone rock mass and with the development of a concept for in-situ data collection and demonstration of safety-relevant phenomena in the monitoring phase of a repository.