Grimsel Test Site (Switzerland)

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GTS Virtual Tour

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

Bentonite Summer School 2018 Courses

18.06.2018 EBS & BENTONITE properties and applications
25.06.2018 Fundamentals of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes

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

12th-13th June 2018: ISCO Meeting, Switzerland

14th-15th June 2018: LTD Partner Meeting, Wettingen-Switzerland

18th-22nd June.2018: Grimsel Training Centre: EBS & BENTONITE properties and applications course (optional ZWILAG visit, 23.06.2018).

17th-18th July 2018: MaCoTe Partner Meeting, Toronto-Canada

4th-5th October 2018: LASMO Partner Meeting, Edinburgh

Ready for a new technical challenge? we are looking for a technical-scientific project manager : Download Full Job Description (380 KB pdf)

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

Grimsel Training Centre

Upcoming 2018 GTC Courses

Bentonite Summer School 2018

18.-22.06.2018: EBS & BENTONITE properties and applications (optional FMT-URL visit, 23.06.2018). EBS Course Application Form 28 kb doc.

25.-29.06.2018: Fundamentals of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes (GTC-NTS). More details can be found on the Nuclear Training Solutions website.

Recent 2017 GTC Courses

GTS EDZ Workshop Nagra 2017 (41.6 kb pdf)

GTS Summer School 2017 (614 KB pdf)

Recently : Nagra workshop on Seismic Exploration for Nuclear Waste Repositories (395 KB pdf)

GTS Fact Sheet

Grimsel 2010 - English (PDF 1,119 kb )

Grimsel 2010 - Deutsch (PDF 989 kb )

Explore the GTS

NEW : High res virtual tour of the GTS

Click here to view our archive of older virtual tours of the GTS

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.