ABSTRACT
The Republic Radioactive Waste Dump (RRWD) located about 2 km from the area of the Mochovce Nuclear Plant in south-western Slovakia, Central Europe, was built to store waste with low and medium activity arising from operation and disposal of nuclear power facilities as well as from research institutes, laboratories, hospitals and other institutions engaged in activities generating nuclear waste. Ensuring stability and reliable operation of RRWD in Mochovce is a challenging engineering task. The dump is built in demanding engineering-geological conditions determined in particular by high compressibility, low shearing strength of soil and high underground water level and/or high lifting forces exerted in the basement. Also required reliability and lifetime have a significant influence on layout of these specific structures. This paper discusses a solution for this complex engineering task.
