Key Expertise

Jorma Autio
-    Project management
-    Engineering management
-    Engineering
-    KBS-3H repository design
-    EDZ-Excavation Damage Zone
-    Excavation techniques
-    Rock mechanics
-    Bentonite buffer development
-    Engineered Barrier Systems

Paula Keto
-    Repository engineering, specialized in backfilling issues
-    Backfill materials
-    Geotechnical laboratory tests
-    Project management
-    Consulting

Leena Kiviranta
-    Physical chemistry
-    Bentonite quality assurance & characterization
-    Quality management system

Sirpa Kumpulainen
-    Mineralogy
-    Geochemistry
-    Long-term mineralogical and chemical stability
-    Alternative buffer materials
-    Acquisition of buffer and backfill materials

Jari Martikainen
-     Effect of freeze/thaw cycles on bentonite buffer performance.
-     Chemical erosion
-     Backfill materials
-     Laboratory techniques

Teemu Laurila
-     Physics and modeling of flows and multiphase systems
-     FEM modeling
-     Computational material physics

Xavier Pintado
-    Project management
-    Engineering management
-    Engineering
-    Laboratory testing
-    THM numerical modelling
-    Bentonite buffer development
-    Engineered Barrier Systems
-    Concrete expertise. Self compacting concrete

Rasmus Eriksson
-    Physical chemistry
-    Colloid chemistry
-    Solid-liquid interfaces
-    Rheology
-    Cement-bentonite interactions

Petri Sane
-    Instrumentation
-    Material Physics

Md. Mamunul Hassan
-    Binder stabilization of soft soil
-    FEM modelling
-    Laboratory tests

Elisa Rautiaho
-    THM-numerical modelling
-    THM-experiments related to buffer and backfill materials

Timothy Schatz
-    Project management
-    Physical and chemical properties of clay materials
-    Experimental test and measurement design
-    Data management