Project Evaluation of the Decommissioning of a Laboratory Plant in Studsvik
- AB SVAFO, Studsvik, SE-61182 Nykoeping (Sweden)
The largest decommissioning project of its kind so far in Sweden has taken seven years. Fourteen thousand square metres have been decommissioned by a small group. In October 2005, a final application was made for free release of the buildings. Demolition of the building is planned for April 2006. The nuclear laboratory plant was contaminated with Co-60, Cs-137, Sr-90, H-3 and transuranic nuclides. The aim of the project was to clean up the laboratory to release levels, and then final demolition. Decommissioning has been under way since 1998.[1] The plant was built between 1959 and 1963 for use as a research facility for reprocessing spent fuel, research on plutonium-enriched fuel, material testing and test fabrication of rods with MOX-fuel. The THOR technology with pyrolyses was developed here and is now being used by Studsvik in Erwin, USA. A thorough final evaluation of the project is presented in this paper. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 13023, Tucson, AZ, 85732-3023 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21208704
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-09-WM-06237; TRN: US09V1015079491
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste Management 2006 Symposium - WM'06 - Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Education and Opportunity for the Next Generation of Waste Management Professionals, Tucson, AZ (United States), 26 Feb - 2 Mar 2006; Other Information: Country of input: France; 3 refs
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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