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Architecture and management of a geological repository - Andra

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C.RP.ADP.04.000117/495Figure 9.2.2 Transfer transfer casks for B, C <strong>and</strong> spent fuel packages ...................................338Figure 9.2.3 Transfer transfer cask for disposal packages (photo from WIPP) ......................338Figure 9.2.5 Koepe pulley <strong>of</strong> the WIPP packages descent shaft (USA) .................................341Figure 9.2.6 Principal <strong>of</strong> loading <strong>and</strong> unloading the casks in the cage ...................................342Figure 9.2.7 Transport vehicle <strong>of</strong> a cask <strong>of</strong> B waste ...............................................................343Figure 9.2.8The transfer vehicle used on the La Hague site (doc from Cogema)..................343Figure 9.2.9 Docking <strong>of</strong> C casks by the shuttle at the head <strong>of</strong> the cell ...................................344Figure 9.3.1Types <strong>of</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ling equipment envisaged for B packages....................................346Figure 9.3.2 Disposal truck without counterweight ................................................................347Figure 9.3.3Figure 9.3.4H<strong>and</strong>ling truck (photo COVRA).........................................................................348Cell equipment....................................................................................................349Figure 9.3.5 Diagram <strong>of</strong> the installation <strong>of</strong> B packages in the cell .........................................350Figure 9.3.6Figure 9.3.7Rotation <strong>and</strong> movement <strong>of</strong> disposal truck in the airlock.....................................351Transport <strong>of</strong> the package in low position............................................................351Figure 9.3.8 A fork-lift with counterweight (photo DBE) ......................................................352Figure 9.3.9 Illustration <strong>of</strong> the envisaged h<strong>and</strong>ling principles ................................................353Figure 9.3.10 Pusher robot for C packages ...............................................................................354Figure 9.3.11Illustration <strong>of</strong> the pusher robot operation principle.............................................355Figure 9.3.12 Transfer cask docked on the cell head ................................................................356Figure 9.3.13 Extraction <strong>of</strong> the transfer cask <strong>and</strong> putting the package in place in the cell .......356Figure 9.3.14Figure 9.3.15Mock-up C Waste Disposal Package Used for Demonstration Models..............357Pusher robot in retracted position (left) <strong>and</strong> in the deployed position (right).....358Figure 9.3.16 Transfer cask equipped with a hydraulic pusher for installing type RHwastes in horizontal cells at the WIPP disposal facility......................................358Figure 9.3.17 The h<strong>and</strong>ling principles envisaged for spent fuels..............................................359Figure 9.3.18 Air cushion transporter .......................................................................................360Figure 9.3.19 Principle <strong>of</strong> the function <strong>of</strong> the air cushions blowing upwards...........................361Figure 9.3.20 Transfer <strong>of</strong> the package into the cell...................................................................362Figure 9.3.21 Prototype air cushion cradle................................................................................363Figure 9.3.22 Tests <strong>of</strong> moving a load simulating the shape <strong>and</strong> weight <strong>of</strong> a type CU1spent fuel disposal package using air cushions...................................................363Figure 9.3.23 Diagram <strong>of</strong> the principle adopted by SKB..........................................................363Figure 10.1.1 Key <strong>repository</strong> operating <strong>and</strong> closing stages.......................................................369Figure 10.2.1 Accessibility <strong>of</strong> B cell heads...............................................................................370Figure 10.2.2 Diagrammatic representation <strong>of</strong> the principal phenomena with a type Bwaste disposal cell after inserting the disposal packages....................................372Figure 10.2.3 Accessibility to the entrance <strong>of</strong> sealed access drifts ...........................................372Figure 10.2.4 Diagrammatic representation <strong>of</strong> the principal phenomena within a type Bwaste disposal cell after closing..........................................................................374Figure 10.2.5 Accessibility <strong>of</strong> the heads <strong>of</strong> type C cells ...........................................................375Figure 10.2.6 Schematic representation <strong>of</strong> the principal phenomena within a type C wastedisposal cell after package placement.................................................................378DOSSIER 2005 ARGILE -ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF A GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL SYSTEM17/495

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