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ground freezing [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2004-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Cameco explained that the event began ... with a fall of ground in a drift being developed to expanding the ground freeze curtain operations. Freezing of the ground is used for stabilization and to control water ingress to the mine.

Key term(s)
  • ground freezing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Cameco explique que tout a commencé [...] lorsque s'est produit un éboulement de terrain dans une galerie creusée afin d'étendre les opérations de congélation du terrain. La congélation du sol sert à stabiliser et à régulariser l'infiltration d'eau dans la mine.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Earthmoving
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A technique used to stabilise fine-grained soils or coarser soils where normal methods of groundwater control might cause stability problems, to allow of excavation below the water table. Freezing imparts strength and impermeability to the ground and can be carried out either by circulating cooled brine through tubes (freeze probes) in the ground or by applying a refrigerant (e.g. liquid nitrogen) directly into the probe and allowing it to evaporate at the primary point where cooling is required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique des fondations
  • Terrassement
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

En tant que technique de consolidation provisoire des terrains aquifères, la congélation est connue depuis longtemps [...] Congeler un sol, c'est transformer en glace l'eau contenue dans ce sol [...] Le tube congélateur [...] permet de transférer au terrain les frigories nécessaires à la transformation de l'eau en glace [...] L'apport du froid au terrain peut se faire de deux manières différentes : circulation d'un liquide refroidi (liquide frigoporteur) en circuit fermé. C'est le cas de la congélation à la saumure; circulation d'un liquide frigorigène dont la détente (ébullition) produit du froid directement au niveau du congélateur. C'est la méthode de congélation à l'azote liquide.

Spanish

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