Welcome to Davos and to the 7th International Clay Conference


This morning at 9:15, the Clay Conference opened in the Davos Congress Centre.

Over the next three days, more than 400 scientists from 23 countries will exchange the latest information on clays and clay materials in the disposal of radioactive waste.

The topics are as diverse as the international participants. In his presentation, Andreas Gautschi recalled the origins of the Clay Conference, which was held for the first time in Reims in 2002, and explained why clay plays such an important role in deep geological disposal (see media dossier: Clays). Gautschi, who spent the majority of his career as a geologist with Nagra (see media dossier: Portrait Andreas Gautschi), is the chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Conference.

Benoit Garitte, a Project Manager in Nagra’s Field Investigations Section, presented the first interim results of the “Full-Scale Emplacement” Experiment (FE Experiment) at the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory. The FE Experiment is a 1:1 demonstration experiment of an emplacement drift for high-level waste (see media dossier: FE Experiment).

Irina Gaus, Coordinator Major Project Research and Development at Nagra (see media dossier: RD&D), informed the audience about international collaboration in the field of research. She illustrated how the different partners in research projects sometimes take the lead and sometimes profit as a partner from the commitment and know-how of others. The research work is always carried out together with renowned research institutes and universities.

Media dossier

Entsorgung allgemein / Waste disposal

Mediendossier CC 2017: Entsorgung allgemein (Deutsch)

Media dossier CC 2017: Waste disposal (English)

Fotoblatt Entsorgung allgemein (Deutsch)

Overview of images related to waste disposal (English)

ZWILAG (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Geologische Standortgebiete (Quelle: Nagra)

Geologisches Tiefenlager für hochaktive Abfälle (Quelle: Infel AG, Claudio Köppel)

1:1-Modell eines Lagerstollens für hochaktive Abfälle (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Experiment im Felslabor Grimsel (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Experiment im Felslabor Mont Terri (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Tongesteine / Clays

Mediendossier CC 2017: Tongesteine (Deutsch)

Media dossier CC 2017: Clays (English)

Fotoblatt: Tongesteine (Deutsch)

Overview of images related to clays (English)

Tongrube Siblingen (Quelle: Nagra)

Opalinuston Mont Terri (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

FE-Experiment / FE Experiment

Mediendossier CC 2017: FE-Experiment (Deutsch)

Media dossier CC2017: FE Experiment (English)

Fotoblatt FE-Experiment (Deutsch)

Overview of images related to the FE Experiment (English)

Benoit Garitte (Quelle: Maria Schmid)

Lagerstollen mit Verfüllmaschine (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Kabel für Sensoren (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Aushub des Stollens (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Installation Sensoren (Quelle: © Comet Photoshopping, Dieter Enz)

Forschungs-, Entwicklungs- und Demonstrationsprogramm / Research, Development and Demonstration Programme (RD&D)

Mediendossier CC 2017: RD&D (Deutsch)

Media dossier CC 2017: RD&D (English)

Fotoblatt RD&D (Deutsch)

Overview of images related to RD&D (English)

Irina Gaus (Quelle: Maria Schmid)

Portrait über Andreas Gautschi / Portrait of Andreas Gautschi

Mediendossier CC 2017: Portrait Andreas Gautschi (Deutsch)

Media dossier CC 2017: Portrait Andreas Gautschi (English)

Fotoblatt Andreas Gautschi (Deutsch)

Overview of images related to Andreas Gautschi (English)

Andreas Gautschi mit Opalinuston (Quelle: Nagra)

Andreas Gautschi Klavier (Quelle: Nagra)

Andreas Gautschi (Quelle: Daniel Rihs / Pixsil)

Zeitungsartikel

Andreas Gautschi Büro 1982 (Quelle: Nagra)

Quelle Titelbild: Frank Maier