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Title: Approval of Existent Waste Packages and New Package Designs in Preparation for the Konrad Repository

Abstract

Low and intermediate level radioactive waste from German nuclear and other industries, research facilities and increasingly decommissioned nuclear installations is handled and prepared for interim storage and later disposal in the licensed KONRAD repository. This paper presents aspects, experiences and perspectives of container design testing and qualification procedures. Several new container designs, in particular different types of steel plate containers, have been tested and licensed; some are handled at present or just applied. Examples from typical qualification procedures including drop tests from 0.8 and 5 m height with prototype containers are presented. On the other hand several thousand waste packages are currently stored in interim storage facilities, many of them for more than 10 or 15 years. Based on existing package documentation applications and safety assessments for KONRAD are prepared and have to be evaluated. The paper discusses aspects, difficulties and strategies to demonstrate sufficient compliance to the current KONRAD repository requirements for the large number of existent waste packages. (authors)

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. BAM Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und - prufung, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin (Germany)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
21326042
Report Number(s):
INIS-US-10-WM-08092
TRN: US10V0382067407
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: WM'08: Waste Management Symposium 2008 - HLW, TRU, LLW/ILW, Mixed, Hazardous Wastes and Environmental Management - Phoenix Rising: Moving Forward in Waste Management, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 24-28 Feb 2008; Other Information: Country of input: France; 6 refs
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; CONTAINERS; DESIGN; DOCUMENTATION; INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; KONRAD ORE MINE; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEELS

Citation Formats

Volzke, H, Nieslony, G, and Hagenow, P. Approval of Existent Waste Packages and New Package Designs in Preparation for the Konrad Repository. United States: N. p., 2008. Web.
Volzke, H, Nieslony, G, & Hagenow, P. Approval of Existent Waste Packages and New Package Designs in Preparation for the Konrad Repository. United States.
Volzke, H, Nieslony, G, and Hagenow, P. 2008. "Approval of Existent Waste Packages and New Package Designs in Preparation for the Konrad Repository". United States.
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title = {Approval of Existent Waste Packages and New Package Designs in Preparation for the Konrad Repository},
author = {Volzke, H and Nieslony, G and Hagenow, P},
abstractNote = {Low and intermediate level radioactive waste from German nuclear and other industries, research facilities and increasingly decommissioned nuclear installations is handled and prepared for interim storage and later disposal in the licensed KONRAD repository. This paper presents aspects, experiences and perspectives of container design testing and qualification procedures. Several new container designs, in particular different types of steel plate containers, have been tested and licensed; some are handled at present or just applied. Examples from typical qualification procedures including drop tests from 0.8 and 5 m height with prototype containers are presented. On the other hand several thousand waste packages are currently stored in interim storage facilities, many of them for more than 10 or 15 years. Based on existing package documentation applications and safety assessments for KONRAD are prepared and have to be evaluated. The paper discusses aspects, difficulties and strategies to demonstrate sufficient compliance to the current KONRAD repository requirements for the large number of existent waste packages. (authors)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
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