Architecture and management of a geological repository - Andra

4 – Waste disposal PackagesIn the context of demonstrator production, and Figure 4.1.10 and Figure 4.1.11 show cores beingplaced in the exterior mould before the body is casted and the first containers produced.Figure 4.1.10Installation of cores in the standard B5 package mould before castingFigure 4.1.11Demonstration model of container with reinforced retention capacity4.2 C waste disposal packagesWhen reprocessing spent fuel, minor actinids and fission products are separated and incorporated inthe glass. In the long term, glass contributes to the safety of the repository. Installed under favourableconditions, it strongly limits the release of the radionuclides it contains with a lifetime of at least onehundred thousand years.DOSSIER 2005 ARGILE -ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF A GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL SYSTEM128/495