Conditioning of Intermediate-Level Waste at Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH.

Krumbach, H.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Radioactive wastes;    Waste management;    Reactors;    Waste processing;    Dose rates;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004825971

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

This contribution to the group of low-level, intermediate, mixed and hazardous waste describes the conditioning of intermediate-level mixed waste (dose rate above 10 mSv/h at the surface) from Research Centre Julich (FZJ). Conditioning of the waste by supercompaction is performed at Research Centre Karlsruhe (FZK). The waste described is radioactive waste arising from research at Julich. This waste includes specimens and objects from irradiation experiments in the research reactors Merlin (FRJ-1) and Dido (FRJ-2) at FZJ. In principle, radioactive waste at Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH is differentiated by the surface dose rate at the waste package. Up to a surface dose rate of 10 mSv/h, the waste is regarded as lowlevel. The radioactive waste described here has a surface dose rate above 10 mSv/h. Waste up to 10 mSv/h is conditioned at the Julich site according to different conditioning methods. The intermediatelevel waste can only be conditioned by supercompaction in the processing facility for intermediate-level waste from plant operation at Research Centre Karlsruhe. Research Centre Julich also uses this waste cell to condition its intermediate-level waste from plant operation.