(GRS 300) Bentonite Barriers - New Experiments and State of the Art

M. Xie (GRS), R. Miehe (GRS), J. Kasbohm (Universität Greifswald), H.-J. Herbert (GRS), L. Meyer (GRS), U. Ziesche (GRS)

From January 2009 to December 2011, the project “Bentonit Barrier” was performed by GRS to investigate the migration parameters of heavy metals in saline solution, and gas diffusion processes through densely compacted bentonite. The summary of current research status and further research gaps provided a thorough overview of research activities on bentonite.