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Solid Radioactive Waste Strategy Report.pdf - UK EPR

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<strong>EPR</strong> <strong>UK</strong><br />

N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123<br />

REV. A PAGE 96 / 257<br />

o The remainder is VLLW.<br />

These concrete thicknesses lead to the following volume and mass of waste (density 2.35<br />

g/cm3):<br />

TABLE 23: VOLUME MASS OF WASTE<br />

ILW concrete<br />

LLW concrete<br />

5 years after shutdown 77 m 3 / 180 te 205 m 3 / 483 te<br />

40 years after shutdown none 112 m 3 / 264 te<br />

No account has been taken in the modelling of the effect of steel reinforcement or concrete<br />

impurities.<br />

Dose Rate Calculations<br />

Calculation Assumptions<br />

Dose rate calculations inform the selection of the type of packaging that can be used for<br />

each raw activated waste.<br />

Calculations take into account:<br />

· Geometry of each package type: The 3 m 3 and 4 m boxes are assessed to be<br />

suitable for packaging these wastes at year 100 based on transport dose rate limits;<br />

· The waste packing density within the packages is assumed to be about 3 te/m 3<br />

(based on 13% steel and 87% concrete). The bulk density of the raw waste is<br />

estimated to be 1 te/m 3 .<br />

Dose rates have been calculated for several source intensities, in order to define the specific<br />

activity limit for 60 Co (The dominant contributor to external package dose rates) that would<br />

satisfy the transport dose rate criteria (contact dose rate < 2mSv/hr and 1m dose rate <<br />

0.1mSv/hr).<br />

Results<br />

The most activated wastes<br />

These wastes are derived from dismantling of the neutron shield and the lower support plate.

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