Safeguards aspects during decommissioning of a pilot reprocessing plant

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6676709

Fritz, P; Lausch, J R ^[1]

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1. Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Karlsruhe, Leopoldshafen (Germany)

It is generally accepted that nuclear installations have to be safeguarded during operation. The safeguards systems applied differ among states, but the basic requirements of safety, security, material control and accountancy as well as international obligations are almost identical in all nonuclear-weapons states. In Germany, the decommissioning of facilities will also be safeguarded at least by Euratom and domestic authorities. In this paper, the Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Karlsruhe (WAK), a pilot reprocessing plant, serves as an example. The facility was commissioned in 1971 and was shut down at the end of 1990. During 31 campaigns, fuel elements from different reactors were reprocessed. The total throughput amounted to [approx]210 tons of uranium and 110 kg of plutonium. The international safeguards approach [Euratom and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) obligations] for decommissioning of this plant has already been published. Based on the legal requirements in Germany, a concept for decommissioning has been developed. The safeguards system for radioactive waste described in this paper is part of this concept. 1 ref.

• OSTI ID: 6676709
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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