Grimsel Test Site (Switzerland)

7 to 11 September 2020 – 1 week - @ GTS and University of Berne

This course aims to provide an opportunity to exchange key information and ideas on clay barrier research in order to support engineering designs. Key physiochemical, geochemical and hydromechanical properties as well as relevant analytical techniques and conceptual models will also be introduced. Full details and application form 475 kb.

26 to 28 August 2020 – 3 days - @ GTS

This course teaches how to manage and design URL experiments ranging from relatively small experiments with one or two boreholes up to large scale experiments testing and demonstrating the performance of EBS component(s). Each experiment is unique; there is no ‘manual’ that can be referred to. To this end, new techniques and/or procedures often have to be designed and developed to achieve the experimental goals.

31st August to 2nd September 2020 – 3 days - @ GTS

The GTS is one of only a few URLs where radioactive tracers can be used in migration tests in the rock itself at activities requiring a license. This course aims to show how such in-situ tests can produce results that are more reliable and realistic than standard in-situ tests using non-radioactive tracers.