To demonstrate the suitability of Boom clay for bearing thermal load induced by the HLW, a large-scale in-situ heater test, called PRACLAY heater test, will be conducted in the underground research laboratory (URL) in Mol.
In order to fully understand the geotechnical properties of the surrounding rock, the measurement of geotechnical properties was systematically and comprehensively conducted, including the underground measurement of ground stress, rock strength test and rock structure observations.
A chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) analysis was conducted to determine the underground residence time of the thermal water.
Rogers himself had been quietly conducting "an underground search, so to speak, for someone who could take over the program," Joanne Rogers, his widow, said in a telephone interview.
While the Hindu nationalists alienated leaders all over the world in May when the Government conducted secret underground nuclear tests, polls indicated that it was rising vegetable prices that cost them dearly with voters at home.
When the federal government conducted 828 underground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site from 1956 to 1992, its scientists knew that ground water beneath the site would become contaminated.
In 2002, another naval skirmish killed at least four South Korean sailors; in 2006 the North conducted an underground nuclear test; in 2009 it launched missiles over the Sea of Japan, had another nuclear test and declared the Korean War armistice invalid; and in March the Cheonan was sunk.
In order to assess the relevance of laboratory experiments, the Swiss National Cooperative for Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) have been conducting extensive experiments in the Underground Rock Laboratory (URL) at the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) in order to study radionuclide transport and retention in-situ.
Ore extraction is now conducted underground, and the deposits are the basis for a local metallurgical industry.
Things weren't supposed to be this way -- or at least that was India's calculation when it unbottled the nuclear genie in May 1998 by conducting underground nuclear tests.
