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| Schedule for the MIU Construction Site |
The schedule for the MIU project consists of three overlapping phases in a 20-year life.
The activities in each phase are as follows:
| Phase I (Surface-based Investigation Phase, 7 years) Fundamental information concerning deep geological environment is acquired be acquired by geological surveys, geophysical surveys and borehole investigations from the surface. Based on the acquired information, predictions of the characteristics of the deep underground environment |
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| Phase II (Construction Phase, 8 years) Shafts are excavated in order to evaluate the predictions from Phase I. The influence of excavation of the deep underground will |
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| Phase III (Operation Phase, 9 years) Instrumentation will be installed at the stages and/or in the shafts to monitor displacement of rock mass, hydraulic pressure, groundwater inflow, water quality and hydrogeochemistry. |
