The "in-situ" test is being performed in a drift which was excavated in the northern zone of the Grimsel Test Site.
Location of the FEBEX experiment
The physical components of the test consist of five basic units:
- the drift,
- the heating system,
- the clay barrier,
- the instrumentation
- the monitoring and control system.
Tomography of Febex area
Full-scale High Level Waste Engineered Barriers (FEBEX) - In-Situ Testing