E'I'G' EURIDICE

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E.I.G. EURIDICE

• Changes in the articles of association
• Status of the Project
• Construction method (FBE)

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Principal Changes in the articles of
association

• 1. NAME
• EIG PRACLAY -gt EIG EURIDICE
• (European Underground Research Infrastructure
  for Disposal of nuclear waste In Clay
  Environment).
• 2. AIMS
• Principal changes are
• management and exploitation of URL and other
  infrastructures (presentation Marc Buyens)
• possibility of contracting for realization and
  operation of other research projects and
  experiments regarding underground nuclear waste
  disposal
• communicate about our activities

3. COMMITTEES Elaboration of the POP (advisory
committee for acceptance of underground
experiments) President Bernard NEERDAEL.
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Underground Infrastructure
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Status of the Project and Planning

• Past
• construction of second shaft accomplished end of
  1999
• -gt scientific report February 2001
• EIG will publish a report of the activities
  1998-2000 by the end of April 2001
• Present (2001)
• construction of connecting gallery in
  2001. Construction technique will be explained by
  FBE at the end of this presentation
• call for tender ventilation building
• dismantling OPHELIE (presentation BDE)
• report description of PRACLAY experience

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Future ?

• As one of the aims of EIG EURIDICE is to
  demonstrate the feasibility
• of one concept of waste disposal in clay layers
  we have the intention
• (which will have to be submitted to the board of
  directors of EIG and to the
• Members of EIG) not to start the design of the
  PRACLAY experiment as long as
• open questions regarding the reference concept
  are not answered (presentation
  JB)
• we did not obtain information regarding the
  concept and the in situ experiment from the
  dismantling of the OPHELIE mock-up
• Effect on future planning of x
  years of Review Period (RP)

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Milestones (1)
Actual CASE
X years RP
Construction of ventilation building 2002 200
2 Realization reinforcing structure at the
crossing 2002 2002X between connection gallery
and PRACLAY gallery Installation of
instrumentation in clay formation 2002 2002X and
stabilization of the host rock
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Milestones (2)
Actual CASE
X years RP
Report description of PRACLAY experience
(FBE) 2001X Definition in situ
instrumentation 2002 2002X Realization of
the PRACLAY gallery 2003 2003X
Installation of the PRACLAY experiment 2004 2004
X Heating phase 2005/2010 2005/2010X
Cooling phase 2011 2011X
Dismantling 2012 2012X