Beishan Underground Research Laboratory

The Beishan Underground Research Laboratory (also shortened Beishan URL) is a deep geological repository for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel, currently under construction in the Gobi Desert, in Gansu, China. The facility is expected to take 7 years to build, with a planned operating period of 50 years, and cost approximately 2.7 billion yuan (US$400 million). It will reach 560 m (1,840 ft) below ground at its deepest point.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ Xie, Echo (23 June 2021). "China builds bunker to test whether nuclear waste can be dumped underground". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ Wang, Ju; Liang, Chen; Su, Rui; Zhao, Xingguang (June 2018). "The Beishan underground research laboratory for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in China: Planning, site selection, site characterization and in situ tests". Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 10 (3): 411–435. Bibcode:2018JRMGE..10..411W. doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.03.002. S2CID 135394727.
^ "China starts building underground lab". World Nuclear News. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[1] Xie, Echo (23 June 2021). "China builds bunker to test whether nuclear waste can be dumped underground". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[2] Wang, Ju; Liang, Chen; Su, Rui; Zhao, Xingguang (June 2018). "The Beishan underground research laboratory for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste in China: Planning, site selection, site characterization and in situ tests". Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 10 (3): 411–435. Bibcode:2018JRMGE..10..411W. doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.03.002. S2CID 135394727.

[3] "China starts building underground lab". World Nuclear News. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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Beishan Underground Research Laboratory

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