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Clayey rock may be the host medium for a French long-term nuclear-waste storage facility. To gain better understanding of the delayed behavior of this potential host rock, we conducted a testing program that focused on creep tests. Fourteen tests were conducted: short-term multi-step creep tests (six at ambient temperature, four at T=80 o C and four on damaged samples); and four long-term...