NEUP CINR-21-24364: Investigating the Behavior of Enhanced Pelletized Clay Mixtures Intended for the Isolation of High-Level Nuclear Waste

Fundamental, experimental, and numerical investigations will be conducted in this project to advance the current understating of the behavior of enhanced clay-pelletized mixtures subjected to high temperatures (up to 200°C) and hydration. The project contemplates the experimental thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) characterization of clay-pellets mixtures, together with the proposal of advanced constitutive models and coupled THM numerical simulators to model their behavior.

Additional Info

Field	Value
Awarded Institution	Texas A&M University
PI	Marcelo Sanchez