Specification of waste forms to allow safe treatment, storage and disposal of problematic radioactive wastes held at Ukrainian nuclear energy facilities (U4.01/14A)
Specification of waste forms to allow safe treatment, storage and disposal of problematic radioactive wastes held at Ukrainian nuclear energy facilities (U4.01/14A)
Description
Intermediate-level waste streams currently stored at the Ukrainian Nuclear Energy Facilities include radioactive wastes such as sludge’s, resins and salt-cake (sometimes known as fusion cake). At the present time these wastes are held in their raw state for lack of a defined processing route. The project will examine the characteristics of these waste streams and propose appropriate waste processing methods so that these waste streams may be transformed into packages that will be suitable for passive storage and eventual disposal. Furthermore the project should develop a Technical and Economic Analysis (TEA) for the selection of technologies for processing, safety related documentation, and technical specifications for equipment/systems required for implementation of optimised processing technologies for three selected problematic RAW streams into the forms acceptable for long-term storage and disposal.