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An in situ borehole heater test was carried out in an underground research tunnel at a shallow depth in granite. During the test, the heater temperature was increased to 90°C to simulate the thermo-mechanical behavior of crystalline rock under normal underground high-level radioactive waste repository conditions. The air, wall and rock temperatures were measured over a period of about four years....