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7. Conclusion
The use of large-scale artificial caverns has become standard practice, both for energy and non-energy applications. Their advantages are considerable, but their potential is still insufficiently known, and there is no demand for them. Massive use obviously presupposes long-term planning of underground uses, in the same way as urban planning on the surface. The importance of geological and geographical conditions should make this an important element of land-use planning, as should the availability of natural sites, mineral deposits, sheltered harbours, waterfalls, windy peaks, and so on. Since the underground storage of radioactive waste has been accepted by public opinion, we must assume that the undergrounding of nuclear reactors is an essential condition for their acceptance in the decades to come, and that many other environmentally hazardous activities should also be placed underground,...
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Bibliography
Websites
DUFFAUT Pierre 2005 – Engineering of large and deep rock caverns for physics research http://nnn05.in2p3.fr/schedule.html
HOEK Evert https://www.rocscience.com/learning/hoeks-corner
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Events
SIM Annual Meeting, Société de l'Industrie Minérale, http://www.lasim.org
Annual Congress of ITA-AITES, International Tunnel and Underground Space Association, http://www.ita-aites.org
ACUUS Congress, Associated research centers for the urban underground space, http://www.acuus.qc.ca
Regulations
Mining Code, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, 50 p.
Directory
French Tunnel and Underground Space Association, http://www.aftes.asso.fr
CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, http://www.cern.ch
French Rock Mechanics Committee, http://.cfmr-roches.org
Géostock, formerly Société française de stockage géologique, now part of the Vinci Group, http://www.geostockgroup.com
ISRM, International...
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