A Modular Store for Drums of Radioactive Waste Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title A Modular Store for Drums of Radioactive Waste

Creator

  • Author: Sims, J.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Holden, G.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: WM Symposia, Inc. (United States)
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: WM Symposia, Inc.
  • Name: Terra Verde Services Ltd. 51 Hollins Lane, Marple Bridge, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 5DA (GB)
    Place of Publication: United States
  • Name: Gravatom Engineering Systems Ltd. William Kelvin Building, Claylands Road, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire, SO32 1BH (GB)
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 2003-02-27

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Currently, the United Kingdom has no facility for the disposal of any waste above the low level category, indicating that all intermediate and high level waste, apart from spent fuel, has to be stored on the site of origin. To meet this storage requirement, nuclear sites are resorting to converting existing buildings or contemplating the construction of dedicated facilities, resulting in considerable cost implications. These financing aspects not only concern the construction strategy but also impinge on the ultimate decommissioning costs associated with each particular nuclear site. This paper reports on an investigation to apply the commercially available interlocking hollow block system to the design of a store for drums of radioactive waste. This block system can be quickly, and cost effectively, erected and filled with a choice of dense material. Later, the store can be dismantled with a minimum of disposable radioactive waste and the complete facility re - erected at another location if required, considerably reducing both capital construction and decommissioning costs. The investigation also encompassed a detailed review of the equipment required to place the drums of waste into the store, resulting in a scheme for a remotely operated vehicle that did not rely on umbilical control cables. The drum handler design included for 100% redundancy of all functions, meaning that whichever component failed, the handler was always recoverable to effect the necessary repair. The ultimate aim of the waste drum store review was to produce a facility that was as safe as a conventionally constructed unit, but at a lower overall building and decommissioning cost.
  • Physical Description: 7 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Repair
  • Keyword: Financing
  • Keyword: Storage
  • Keyword: United Kingdom
  • Keyword: Waste Management
  • Keyword: Origin
  • Keyword: Radioactive Wastes
  • Keyword: Wastes
  • STI Subject Categories: 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials
  • Keyword: Construction
  • Keyword: Spent Fuels
  • Keyword: Design
  • Keyword: Capital
  • STI Subject Categories: 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities
  • Keyword: Cables
  • Keyword: Decommissioning

Source

  • Conference: Waste Management 2003 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/23/2003--02/27/2003

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 825672
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc785185
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