Decomissioning and Waste Management

Ground Control and the Principle of Minimizing Radiological Exposure as Key Drivers for the Recovery of Radioactive Waste Out of the Asse II Mine Geology The Asse salt structure is located in the Southwest of the Hercynian Mountains in Northern Germany. In geological times, compressive tectonic movements ruptured the overlying Read more

Author Co-Authors Category Institution Contact Author Birte Froebus Co-Authors – Category Decommissioning and Waste Management Institution Research Assistant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Contact birte.froebus@kit.edu Content Keywords Published on DOI Other Content Article Keywords – Published on – DOI – Other – Investigations of the Tailskin Seal During Read more

SSiC Nuclear Waste Canisters: Stability Considerations During Static and Dynamic Impact Introduction High-level radioactive waste (HLW) is mainly a by-product of technical nuclear reactions. It has the highest radioactivity and longest decay time (millions of years with significant radiation). Most HLW (more than 90%) comes from spent nuclear fuel. The Read more

Author Co-Authors Category Institution Contact Author Young Jae Maeng Co-Authors Chan Hyeong Kim Professor Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea Category Decommissioning and Waste Management Institution Korea Reactor Integrity Surveillance Technology, Daejeon, Korea Contact – Content Keywords Published on DOI Other Content Article Keywords – Published on – DOI – Other – Read more

TRIPLE C Waste Container for Increased Long-term Safety of  HHGW Disposal in Salt, Clay and Crystalline 1 Introduction Nuclear facilities for the utilization and handling of nuclear materials have to fulfill general safety goals. With varying importance and priorities the same five main safety goals apply for safety considerations of Read more

Author Co-Authors Category Institution Contact Author Alexander Heneka Co-Authors Carla-Olivia Krauss Prof. Dr. Sascha Gentes Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany Dr. Frank Becker Prof. Dr. Horst Geckeis Dr. Johannes Lützenkirchen Dr. Markus Plaschke Dr. Dieter Schild Winfried Tobie Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany Institute for Nuclear Read more

Author Co-Authors Category Institution Contact Author Dr. Philip J. Harding Co-Authors Johannes Iloff Dr. Stefan Thierfeldt Brenk Systemplanung GmbH, Aachen/Hamburg, Germany Dr. Thorsten Steinhardt Dr. Dennis Niedrée Jülicher Entsorgungsbetriebe für Nuklear-Anlagen, Jülich, Germany Category Decommissioning and Waste Management Institution Brenk Systemplanung GmbH, Hamburg, Germany Contact p.harding@brenk.com Content Keywords Published on Read more