Grimsel Test Site (Switzerland)

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GTS Virtual Tour

Take a high quality virtual tour through all of the Grimsel test site.

Colloid Formation and Migration

Colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides in a repository host rock.

FEBEX-DP

Dismantling the FEBEX project after 20 years of operation.

GAST

The Gas-Permeable Seal Test experiment

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Welcome to the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) Website

The Grimsel Test Site (GTS) located in the Swiss Alps was established in 1984 as a centre for underground Research and Development (R&D) supporting a wide range of research projects on the geological disposal of radioactive waste. International partners from Europe, Asia and North America are working together at this unique facility.

ABOUT THE GTS

The GTS Experiments

Disposal background

International Partners from around the world

Currently running projects at the GTS

Upcoming Events related to the GTS

13th September 2017: LTD Meeting, Barcelona-Spain

14th December 2017: LASMO Meeting, Wettingen-Switzerland

13th-14th June 2018: ISCO Meeting, Switzerland

Swiss TV : Neues Forschungs-Projekt soll Geothermie salonfähig machen

NUMO (Nuclear Waste Management Organization), Japan has become a new partner in following projects: CFM, LCS, LTD and MaCoTe.

Grimsel's Role in International Underground Research & Development

The Grimsel Test Site is a research facility and not a potential repository site; although investigations may utilise a wide range of radioactive tracers, no radioactive waste will be disposed of at the GTS.

Grimsel Partners from around the world

The GTS underground facilities are also available to interested 3rd parties for underground testing and research. The GTS offers cost-effective access to a fully developed, well characterised underground research facility with round the year logistical support - please contact Dr. Ingo Blechschmidt, Head of the Grimsel Test Site, for further details.