Abstract
Safe management of radioactive waste is challenging to waste producers and waste management organisations. Deployment of thermal treatment technologies can provide significant improvements: volume reduction, waste passivation, organics destruction, safety demonstration facilitation, etc. The EC-funded THERAMIN project enables an EU-wide strategic review and assessment of the value of thermal treatment technologies applicable to Low and Intermediate Level waste streams (ion exchange media, soft operational waste, sludges, organic waste, and liquids). THERAMIN compiles an EU-wide database of wastes, which could be treated by thermal technologies and documents available thermal technologies. Applicability and benefits of technologies to the identified waste streams will be evaluated through full-scale demonstration tests by project partners. Safety case implications will also be assessed through the study of the disposability of thermally treated waste products. This paper will communicate the strategic aims of the ongoing project and highlight some key findings and results achieved to date.
Highlights
The waste hierarchy sets out guidelines for waste managing in order to minimise environmental impact
THERAMIN compiles an EU-wide database of wastes, which could be treated by thermal technologies and documents available thermal technologies
Applicability and benefits of technologies to the identified waste streams will be evaluated through full-scale demonstration tests by project partners
Summary
The waste hierarchy sets out guidelines for waste managing in order to minimise environmental impact. Numerous technologies for thermal treatment of radioactive waste are available or in development worldwide, and more especially in the European Union. These technologies may be applied to a wide range of different radioactive waste streams, including non-standard waste types that present specific waste management challenges. The European Commission funded THERAMIN project was established to improve awareness and understanding of capability of thermal treatment technologies to treat radioactive waste prior to disposal.
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