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Progress in Low and Intermediate Level Operational Waste Characterization and Preparation for Disposal at Ignalina NPP.

DE2004827126

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Poskas, P.; Adomaitis, J. E.; Ragaisis, V.
Page Count	16
Abstract	In Lithuania about 70-80% of all electricity is generated at a single power station, Ignalina NPP, which has two RBMK-1500 type reactors. Units 1 and 2 will be closed by 2005 and 2010, respectively, taking into account the conditions of the long-term substantial financial assistance rendered by the European Union, G-7 countries and other states as well as international institutions. The Government approved the Strategy on Radioactive Waste Management. Objectives of this strategy are to develop the radioactive waste management infrastructure based on modern technologies and provide for the set of practical actions that shall bring management of radioactive waste in Lithuania in compliance with radioactive waste management principles of IAEA and with good practices in force in European Union Member States. SKB-SWECO International-Westinghouse Atom Joint Venture with participation of Lithuanian Energy Institute has prepared a reference design of a near surface repository for short-lived low and intermediate level waste. This reference design is applicable to the needs in Lithuania, considering its hydro-geological, climatic and other environmental conditions and is able to cover the expected needs in Lithuania for at least thirty years ahead. Development of waste acceptance criteria is in practice an iterative process concerning characterization of existing waste, repository development, safety and environmental impact assessment etc. This paper describes the position in Lithuania with regard to the long-term management of low and intermediate level waste in the absence of finalized waste acceptance criteria and a near surface repository.
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Atoms Compliance Electricity Environmental impacts European Union Financing Joint ventures Management Member states Radioactive wastes Safety Radioactive waste disposal Operational waste characterization Ignalina NPP
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lietuvos Energetikos Inst., Kaunas (Lithuania).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200511

Progress in Low and Intermediate Level Operational Waste Characterization and Preparation for Disposal at Ignalina NPP.

Progress in Low and Intermediate Level Operational Waste Characterization and Preparation for Disposal at Ignalina NPP.
DE2004827126

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Poskas, P.; Adomaitis, J. E.; Ragaisis, V.
Page Count	16
Abstract	In Lithuania about 70-80% of all electricity is generated at a single power station, Ignalina NPP, which has two RBMK-1500 type reactors. Units 1 and 2 will be closed by 2005 and 2010, respectively, taking into account the conditions of the long-term substantial financial assistance rendered by the European Union, G-7 countries and other states as well as international institutions. The Government approved the Strategy on Radioactive Waste Management. Objectives of this strategy are to develop the radioactive waste management infrastructure based on modern technologies and provide for the set of practical actions that shall bring management of radioactive waste in Lithuania in compliance with radioactive waste management principles of IAEA and with good practices in force in European Union Member States. SKB-SWECO International-Westinghouse Atom Joint Venture with participation of Lithuanian Energy Institute has prepared a reference design of a near surface repository for short-lived low and intermediate level waste. This reference design is applicable to the needs in Lithuania, considering its hydro-geological, climatic and other environmental conditions and is able to cover the expected needs in Lithuania for at least thirty years ahead. Development of waste acceptance criteria is in practice an iterative process concerning characterization of existing waste, repository development, safety and environmental impact assessment etc. This paper describes the position in Lithuania with regard to the long-term management of low and intermediate level waste in the absence of finalized waste acceptance criteria and a near surface repository.
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Atoms Compliance Electricity Environmental impacts European Union Financing Joint ventures Management Member states Radioactive wastes Safety Radioactive waste disposal Operational waste characterization Ignalina NPP
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lietuvos Energetikos Inst., Kaunas (Lithuania).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200511