Mr. S. BUSCAHAERT Examinateur Mr. L. DEVER Examinateur, Président du Jury Mr. C. GARIÉPY Rapporteur Mr. B. HAMELIN Rapporteur Mr. C. HILLAIRE-MARCEL Co-Directeur de Thèse Mr. J-L. MICHELOT Co-Directeur de ThèseThis thesis forms part of the geological investigations undertaken by the French agency for nuclear waste management, ANDRA, around the Meuse/Haute-Marne Underground Research Laboratory (URL) located in the Eastern part of the Paris Basin in order to evaluate the feasibility of high-level radioactive waste repository in deep argilite formations. The aim of the study is to examine the radionuclide migration in the deep Callovo-Oxfordian target argilite layer and its surrounding low- permeability Bathonian and Oxfordian limestone format...