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HADES renovation project - SHAFT 1

In 2020, EIG EURIDICE will be renovating the hoisting system of the first access shaft of HADES.

EURIDICE is an economic interest grouping between SCK CEN and ONDRAF/NIRAS, the Belgian agency for radioactive waste and enriched fissile materials.

Underground research laboratory

This is where industrial technologies are developed for disposal of radioactive waste in deep clay.

PRACLAY experiment

A large-scale experiment designed to study the effect of heat on a deep clay formation.

Clay core sampling

In order to investigate the behaviour and properties of Boom Clay, EURIDICE technicians perform drillings in the underground research laboratory HADES.

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Laboratory

The HADES underground research laboratory

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Research activities EIG EURIDICE

Safety and feasibility of geologcial disposal

Clay PRACLAY experiment

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Activity Report 2020

Overview of the main research activities of 2020

PRACLAY Newsletter n°3

PRACLAY experiment in line with scientific and technical expectations

Scientific outcome

Extensive summaries, experimental set-ups, scientific publications, ...