20.08.2015   Nuclear fuel cycle science and engineering

Conditioning wastes

All process wastes (produced in the course of reprocessing operations) and technological wastes (wastes resulting from maintenance or dismantling) must be safely conditioned into a form that is suitable for storage and, ideally, for final disposal also. Amongst other requirements there is an expectation that the conditioned wastes will be passively safe.

Table 16.3 Liquid releases at La Hague in France measured in 2002

Liquid releases

Released activity

% Authorized

Tritium (TBq), I

11 900

32.2%

Others (TBq)

23.3

1.4%

Alpha emitters (TBq)

0.039

2.3%

Cs137, Sr 90 (TBq)

1.42

0.7%

Source: French Nuclear Energy Society

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