Gas Generation Rates as an Indicator for the Long Term Stability of Radioactive Waste Products
Abstract
Pursuant to the 'Act on the Peaceful Utilization of Atomic Energy and the Protection against its Hazards' (Atomic Energy Act) the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, BfS) is legally responsible for the construction and operation of federal facilities for the disposal of radioactive waste. Within the scope of this responsibility, particular due to par. 74(1) Ordinance on Radiation Protection, BfS defines all safety-related requirements on waste packages envisaged for disposal, establishes guidelines for the conditioning of radioactive waste and approves the fulfillment of the waste acceptance requirements within the radioactive waste quality control system. BfS also provides criteria to enable the assessment of methods for the treatment and packaging of radioactive waste to produce waste packages suitable for disposal according to par. 74(2) Ordinance on Radiation Protection. Due to the present non-availability of a repository in Germany, quality control measures for all types of radioactive waste products are carried out prior to interim storage with respect to the future disposal. As a result BfS approves the demonstrated properties of the radioactive waste packages and confirms the fulfillment of the respective requirements. After several years of storage the properties of waste packages might have changed. By proving, thatmore »
- Authors:
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- Bundesamt fur Strahlenschutz, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Salzgitter (Germany)
- TUV NORD EnSys Hannover GmbH and Co. KG, Hannover (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 21294751
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-09-WM-07420
TRN: US10V0283040941
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM'07: 2007 Waste Management Symposium - Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Education and Opportunity for the Next Generation of Waste Management Professionals, Tucson, AZ (United States), 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2007; Other Information: Country of input: France; 3 refs
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ATOMIC ENERGY ACT; BUNDESAMT FUER STRAHLENSCHUTZ; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; GASES; HAZARDS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RECOMMENDATIONS; SAFETY; STABILITY
Citation Formats
Steyer, S, Brennecke, P, Bandt, G, and Kroger, H. Gas Generation Rates as an Indicator for the Long Term Stability of Radioactive Waste Products. United States: N. p., 2007.
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Steyer, S, Brennecke, P, Bandt, G, & Kroger, H. Gas Generation Rates as an Indicator for the Long Term Stability of Radioactive Waste Products. United States.
Steyer, S, Brennecke, P, Bandt, G, and Kroger, H. 2007.
"Gas Generation Rates as an Indicator for the Long Term Stability of Radioactive Waste Products". United States.
@article{osti_21294751,
title = {Gas Generation Rates as an Indicator for the Long Term Stability of Radioactive Waste Products},
author = {Steyer, S and Brennecke, P and Bandt, G and Kroger, H},
abstractNote = {Pursuant to the 'Act on the Peaceful Utilization of Atomic Energy and the Protection against its Hazards' (Atomic Energy Act) the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, BfS) is legally responsible for the construction and operation of federal facilities for the disposal of radioactive waste. Within the scope of this responsibility, particular due to par. 74(1) Ordinance on Radiation Protection, BfS defines all safety-related requirements on waste packages envisaged for disposal, establishes guidelines for the conditioning of radioactive waste and approves the fulfillment of the waste acceptance requirements within the radioactive waste quality control system. BfS also provides criteria to enable the assessment of methods for the treatment and packaging of radioactive waste to produce waste packages suitable for disposal according to par. 74(2) Ordinance on Radiation Protection. Due to the present non-availability of a repository in Germany, quality control measures for all types of radioactive waste products are carried out prior to interim storage with respect to the future disposal. As a result BfS approves the demonstrated properties of the radioactive waste packages and confirms the fulfillment of the respective requirements. After several years of storage the properties of waste packages might have changed. By proving, that such changes have no significant impact on the quality of the waste product, the effort of requalification could be minimized. Therefore, data on the long-term behavior of radioactive waste products need to be acquired and indicators to prove the long-term stability have to be quantified. Preferably, such indicators can be determined easily with non-destructive methods, even for legacy waste packages. A promising parameter is the gas generation rate. The relationship between gas generation rate and long term stability is presented as first result of an ongoing study on behalf of BfS. Permissible gas generation rates that ensure adequate product stability with respect to future disposal are to be identified. (authors)},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21294751},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
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