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Architecture and management of a geological repository - Andra

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9 – Nuclear operating resources in the <strong>repository</strong>This truck can move backwards <strong>and</strong> forwards in the cell <strong>and</strong> also has a lifting movement for h<strong>and</strong>lingthe packages. The disposal truck is mounted on rails placed in grooves made in the foundationthroughout the length <strong>of</strong> the cell.• Working performancesAn important technological question for the functioning <strong>of</strong> the disposal truck is that <strong>of</strong> its performancein terms <strong>of</strong> positioning the packages. Reducing the clearance within the cell implies placing <strong>and</strong> pilingthe packages with great precision (<strong>of</strong> the order <strong>of</strong> a few centimetres).There are several technologies that could meet this requirement. For example it is possible to measurethe distance covered by the disposal truck by a laser distance meter that is commonly used in industryfor measuring distances <strong>of</strong> up to 500 metres with a precision <strong>of</strong> a few millimetres.The development <strong>of</strong> such a procedure is compatible with <strong>of</strong> the functional clearances between thepackages <strong>and</strong> cell walls <strong>and</strong> between the packages themselves, <strong>of</strong> the order <strong>of</strong> 10 cm.Finally, faced with the risk <strong>of</strong> dropping packages, this disposal truck must be equipped with safetydevices corresponding to the practices used in the design <strong>of</strong> nuclear equipment. For example, it isenvisaged to include a device for slowing the speed <strong>of</strong> descent <strong>of</strong> the load in the event <strong>of</strong> malfunctionor a breakage <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the components <strong>of</strong> the lifting gear.Figure 9.3.3 shows a similar h<strong>and</strong>ling truck working under remote control in an irradiated environmenton the COVRA site in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s.9.3.2.3 Description <strong>of</strong> the fixed equipment in thecellThe fixed equipment is installed in the airlocks at the head<strong>of</strong> the cell (see Figure 9.3.4). It consists <strong>of</strong>:- the shielded doors <strong>of</strong> the airlocks,- a moveable floor equipped with a turntable,- rails in grooves forming the running tracks,- various utilities facilitating the maintenance <strong>of</strong> theequipment.Figure 9.3.3 H<strong>and</strong>ling truck (photoCOVRA)DOSSIER 2005 ARGILE -ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF A GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL SYSTEM348/495

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