| Activity: | Hydrogeologic stury of San Juan de Duero Cloister (Soria, Spain) |
| Descripción: | To analize the impact of the floods of the river Duero (Soria, Spain) in the aquifer levels where the cloister of the Monastery of San Juan de Duero is located and its relationship with the occasional floods that take place there. |
| Activity: | Geothermal energy |
| Descripción: | Study of the applicability of low enthalpy geothermal energy systems in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). To study the possibilities to take advantage of the low enthalpy geothermal energy in Castilla-La Mancha for climatization systems. |
| Activity: | CENIT-CO2 |
| Descripción: | The Global objective of the CENIT-CO2 project directed by ENDESA is to research, develop and validate new knowledge and integrated solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. AITEMIN works as a subcontractor of ENDESA, and its activity is focused on the aspects related to CO2 storage in geological formations. |
| Activity: | Monitoring of El Cabril stockage cells |
| Descripción: | Implementing a system to monitor several environmental parameters (temperature and humidity) at the low activity radiation waste stockage cells 1 and 16 located at El Cabril (Córdoba). |
| Activity: | Prototype repository project in cristalline rock |
| Descripción: | The objective of the Project is to simulate ata a real scale level the Swedish concept of repositories for radioactive waste in granite rock formations. The role of AITEMIN in this project is to develop, start up, install and monitor a system based on fiber optic instrumentation to measure the possible movements of the heaters within the bentonite mass inside which they are confined. |
| Activity: | Aquifers remediation by in situ chemical oxidation with Fentons reagent |
| Descripción: | Research and start up of a methodology for aquifers affected by light hydrocarbon spills using in situ chemical oxidation with hydrogen peroxide and a ferrous catalyst (Fentons reagent). |
| Activity: | KEY Experiment - Desing and test of a bentonite blocks system for cutting EDZ |
| Descripción: | The general objective of the experiment is to verify a method to interrupt the continuity of the excavated damaged zone (EDZ) at the Bure underground laboratory (France) by digging a trench filled with compacted bentonite blocks. |
| Activity: | Production of nitrates vulnetability maps usin GIS |
| Descripción: | Apply to the Castilla - La Mancha case the methodology developed to evaluate the nitrate vulnerability of subterranean waters and its natural regeneration capacity. |
| Activity: | Research on hydraulic plugs for abandoned mine sections - WATERCHEM |
| Descripción: | To develop new hydraulic plug systems in abandoned areas in the mine, analyzing both the constructive techniques as the hydrogeological factors that condition the location of the plugs and their effect on the hydrogeological regime of the area. This activity has been developed within the frame of a European project under the leadership of DMT (Germany). |
| Activity: | Synthesis of technologies for crystalline rocks characterization |
| Descripción: | Creating a study that brings together and synthesizes all the existing technologies to characterize crystalline rock media for their potential utilization as radioactive waste storage. |
| Activity: | Technical support for reviewing the Deep Underground Repository concept |
| Descripción: | Review and critical analysis of the works done to date by ENRESA of the design engieering aspects of the Spanich Deep Underground Repository concept (AGP) for radioactive wastes. |
| Activity: | Viability of using geophysics to investigate subsoil infiltration processes |
| Descripción: | The aim was to determine the viability of geophysical tomography and georadar techniques to determine subsoil infiltration typologies (fresh water, salt water and hydrocarbons), as well as their spatial scope and temporal evolution. The project also aims to develop a methodology useful in the qualitetive analysis of the humidity contents of the subsoil. |
| Activity: | NUMIRA - Development of new methodologies |
| Descripción: | Development of new methodologies for impact assessment and bioremediation of nitrates. To develop a technology to treat aquifers polluted with nitrates by eliminating them on site and avoiding the generation of wastes at a low economic cost. This project was undertaken jointly with the Manresa Technology Center (CTM). |
| Activity: | Hydrogeological study for the enlargement of the cementery at Villarejo de Salva |
| Descripción: | Evaulate the vulnerability of the soil and water system in the environment of the Villarejo de Salvanés Municipal Cementery prior to the expansion works planned by the Town Hall authorities. |
| Activity: | Hydrogeological tests at El Cabril |
| Descripción: | Support for Enresa in the hydrogeological studies being conducted for the better knowledge of hydrogeological functioning in the Storage Facility for Medium and Low Activity Radioactive Waste in El Cabril (Córdoba). |
| Activity: | Environmental effects of the flooding of mining pits |
| Descripción: | Hydrogeological study of the area affected by the mining operations of the Pumarabule and Mosquitera pits aimed at evaluating the possible environmental impacts of the interruption of the drainage related to the closing of these pits and also the area affected after the potential closing and flooding of the Pozo Barredo. |
| Activity: | Hydraulic characterisation of boreholes at Guadarrama tunnel |
| Descripción: | Characterise the altered cretaceous and the overlying and underlying gneises at the layout of the Guadarrama High-Speed Train tunnels in the Valle de la Umbría area. |
| Activity: | Potential new applications of georadar |
| Descripción: | The purpose of this activity is the investigation on the possibilities for the application of georadar techniques for the identification of different kinds of irregularities in the subsoil. |
| Activity: | Venting of soils contaminated by light hydrocarbons |
| Descripción: | To investigate the factors affecting the conducting of pilot venting tests on soils contaminated by light hydrocarbons as well as the venting feasibility as a function of the characteristics of the soil and type of contaminant. |
| Activity: | Clay research at Los Yébenes (Toledo) |
| Descripción: | Geological survey by means of sinking boreholes with the permission of the “Yébenes Association” mining research, in the province of Toledo, and the taking of samples of the subsoil, in order to determine their interest for the extraction of clays. |
| Activity: | General hydrogeological study of the “La Sagra” |
| Descripción: | To complement the hydrogeological aspects of the environmental impact study of the mining plan known as “Consorcio Minero de La Sagra”. |
| Activity: | Hidromineral inventory in the Castile-La Mancha region |
| Descripción: | To obtain detailed knowledge on the current situation of the sector of mineral and thermal waters in the Autonomous Community of Castilla – La Mancha, and to conduct an inventory of available resources. |
| Activity: | Hydrogeological study at San Teodoro spoil heap (Almadén) |
| Descripción: | A hydrogeological study at San Teodoro spoil heap (Almadén, Ciudad Real) has been carried out in order to estimate damage on the physical-chemical quality of the surrounding underground waters. |
| Activity: | Synthesis and evaluation of the hydrogeological investigatio |
| Descripción: | Evaluation of the methods of hydrogeological characterisation in low permeability fractured media and their possibilities of application in other locations. |
| Activity: | Technical assistance on the environmental study |
| Descripción: | Technical assistance to the City Council of Puertollano (Ciudad Real) for analysing the project “Environmental Impact Study of the Mina Lourdes Mining Project”. |
| Activity: | Computerisation of administrative processing for wind parks |
| Descripción: | Computerization of the administrative processing of strategic wind plans and individual wind parks in Castilla - La Mancha |
| Activity: | Hydrogeology study of an old uranium mine |
| Descripción: | Study of the hydrogeological impact of an old uranium mine (Ratones mine). |
| Activity: | Study of the environmental impact of a gravel pit |
| Descripción: | Installation of a network to underground water control to study of the environmental impact of a gravel pit. |
| Activity: | Information system - mining-environment Castilla - La Macha |
| Descripción: | Development of several procedures following the Mining-environmental information system for Castilla - La Mancha already carried out by AITEMINwhich is established in the General Management of Industry and Technology of the Industry and Technology Council. |