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3.1 UMTED KINGDOM<br />

WHC-SD-W100-TI-003 Rev. 0<br />

3. INTERNATIONAL<br />

British Nuclear Fuels. Ltd. (BNFL) is building encapsulation plants at Sellafield that will<br />

contain intermediate level waste (ILW) by encasing it first in cement then inside steel drums.<br />

The long-term solution adopted by BNFL is to store the encapsulated waste on site until the<br />

commissioning of permanent storage facilities. This facility was visited by Randy Roberts. WHC,<br />

in June 1989.<br />

A more complete description is given in "Report of Foreign Travel" by Earl McDaniel<br />

(ORNL/FIR-3114, November 1935) which is included).<br />

Also, included is "Flowsheet Finalization for Immobilization of SGHWR Wastes" by D. J<br />

Lee , t^E W-R-109,i, Mach 1983.<br />

3.?. .°.I:CE<br />

France uses a cement matrix to solidify a variety of waste. To my knowledge all processes<br />

are in drum mixing. Several papers are included in Spectrum '86 and '83 folders.<br />

Also, included is a brochure describing ANDRA, the French government agency for<br />

managing radioactive waste.<br />

33 GERLfANY<br />

German law requires that all radioactive waste be disposed of in a geologic repository.<br />

German waste is classified as heat producing, which will be disposed of in a salt mine, and non-<br />

heat producing, which wiii be disposed of in an iron mine. All radioactive waste in Germany is<br />

the result of nuclear utilities and institutional use. Germany has abandoned its plans for a fuel<br />

E-42<br />

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