Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

EPR UK
N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123
REV. A PAGE 14 / 257
7.3.14 Solid Waste Super Compaction 68
7.3.15 Conditioning Evaporator Concentrates By In Drum Drying 69
7.3.16 Conditioning Through Dewatering and Drying 71
7.4 Packaging of operational radioactive wastes 72
7.4.1 Exempt Waste and VLLW Packaging 72
7.4.2 LLW Packaging 74
7.4.3 ILW Packaging 75
8 DECOMMISSIONING WASTE 81
8.1 EPR Plant Inventory and Radiological Characteristics After 60 Years of
Operation 81
8.1.1 EPR Design Features for Decommissioning 81
8.1.2 Physical Inventory 84
8.1.3 Dismantling and waste management options 98
8.1.4 Baseline decommissioning scenario 100
8.1.5 Raw waste characteristics 104
8.1.6 Waste processing 106
9 SPENT FUEL 120
9.1 EPR Spent fuel Characteristics 120
9.1.1 Summary Description of the Core and Fuel Assemblies 120
9.1.2 Thermal Characteristics 124
9.1.3 Spent Fuel Quantities 124
9.2 Summary of Core Activated Components 124
9.3 Spent Fuel Treatment and Storage Options 126
9.3.1 Overall Strategy and Assumptions 126
9.4 Spent Fuel Disposal 150
10 REGULATORY AND SAFETY OVERVIEW OF WASTE TREATMENT AND
INTERIM STORAGE FACILITIES 155
10.1 Regulatory Baseline 155
10.1.1 Nuclear Site Licence Conditions 155
10.1.2 Environment Agency Regulatory Requirements 158
10.1.3 Overview Of Quality Assurance Arrangements In The Context Of WTB
And ISF 159
10.1.4 Radioactive Waste Record Keeping 160
10.2 Strategy And Assumptions 163
10.3 Generic Safety Aspects of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Facilities 164
10.3.1 Identification of Safety Features 165