Development of complex model of evolution of structural-tectonic blocks of the Earth's crust for choosing storage sites of high level radioactive waste

¹Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

²VNIPI Promtechnology, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

[1]  The results of research aimed at predicting the evolution of structural-tectonic blocks of the Earth's crust for selecting Storage Sites of High Level Radioactive Waste (HLRW). The multifactorial structural-tectonic model of Nizhnekansky Granitoid Massif (NKM) was developed, as the most probable burial site of HLRW in Russia. The synthesis of methods of analysis of geological-geophysical data, paleotectonic reconstruction of stress and modeling of stress fields expand the area of predicting stability of geological environment thus providing the capability to make a more accurate assessment of its destruction during a long period of radiobiological danger of HLRW. As it was shown, blocks with high level of concentration of intensiveness of stress are potentially hazardous in relation to development of tectonic destruction.

Received 8 October 2007; revised 9 January 2008; accepted 13 April 2008; published 16 May 2008.

Keywords: Nizhnekansky granitoid massif, structural-tectonic model, modeling of stress fields, radioactive waste.

Index Terms: 8004 Structural Geology: Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; 8011 Structural Geology: Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation; 8038 Structural Geology: Regional crustal structure; 8110 Tectonophysics: Continental tectonics: general; 8120 Tectonophysics: Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle: general; 8199 Tectonophysics: General or miscellaneous.

Citation: Belov, S. V., A. D. Gvishiani, E. N. Kamnev, V. N. Morozov, and V. N. Tatarinov (2008), Development of complex model of evolution of structural-tectonic blocks of the Earth's crust for choosing storage sites of high level radioactive waste, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 10, ES4004, doi:10.2205/2007ES000293.