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Abstract: This paper describes how we consider sustainability for an underground urban environment and how a variety of underground space facilities will improve a sustainable urban development to cities. Underground space is a well-developed resource in Sweden through a wide range of applications in the past, in projects presently under construction as well as projects planned for future needs. Re-use...
Abstract: The world’s first LRC (Lined Rock Cavern) storage facility is since 10 years in commercial operation as a part of the Swedish natural gas grid. This paper describes the 40 000 m size storage and the process from design, construction, tests and operation. The unique cavern wall structure can, in interaction with the surrounding rock mass, resist pressures of more than 20 MPa and...