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20. Waste Management<br />

The latter are available also <strong>in</strong> mobile units and they are normally used for further<br />

compaction of waste drums; the crushed drums are then enclosed <strong>in</strong>to an over‐pack. The<br />

compactors are usually equipped with HEPA filters to prevent spread of contam<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />

Inc<strong>in</strong>eration requires waste segregation but can produce volume reduction factors up to<br />

100 for the combustible portion of the waste. Inc<strong>in</strong>erators have capacities from some tens<br />

to a few hundreds of kg/h. They are normally central facilities, located e.g. at nuclear<br />

research centers. The more advanced <strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>erators have afterburners to decompose<br />

combustible gases. Ash from <strong>in</strong>c<strong>in</strong>erators is normally grouted <strong>in</strong> wet cement <strong>in</strong> order to<br />

immobilize radioactive substances and to provide radiation shield<strong>in</strong>g. Secondary waste is<br />

generated <strong>in</strong> the form of filters.<br />

Melt<strong>in</strong>g occurs also <strong>in</strong> central facilities and various melt<strong>in</strong>g technologies are <strong>in</strong> use.<br />

Melt<strong>in</strong>g is generally not an economic treatment method for waste to be disposed of, but<br />

for metal scrap below clearance levels or for very low level waste to be recycled <strong>in</strong> the<br />

nuclear <strong>in</strong>dustry, it may be a practicable way of homogeniz<strong>in</strong>g the material. Secondary<br />

waste is generated <strong>in</strong> the form of slag and off‐gas filters.<br />

Chemical or biological treatment such as acid digestion, chemical oxidation and<br />

microbial digestion are mostly still at the development and demonstration phase. They<br />

might not be applicable for the large waste quantities from the operation of NPPs.<br />

Decontam<strong>in</strong>ation reduces the radioactivity on the surface of a contam<strong>in</strong>ated material and<br />

thereby it may be brought below clearance levels for recycl<strong>in</strong>g. The removed<br />

contam<strong>in</strong>ation must then be conditioned <strong>in</strong> a proper way. A variety of decontam<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

methods exist: mechanical scrubb<strong>in</strong>g and brush<strong>in</strong>g, chemical gel and foam treatment,<br />

water and steam jet clean<strong>in</strong>g, electrochemical treatment, and ultrasonic clean<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

The conta<strong>in</strong>er <strong>in</strong> which conditioned waste is enclosed may have the follow<strong>in</strong>g major

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