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Federal Office for Radiation Protection

Department SE

Safety of Nuclear Waste Management

Section SE 3.1

Waste Package Quality Control

Stefan Steyer

Waste Acceptance Criteria for Disposal of

Very Low, Low and Intermediate Level Waste

30 September 2010, Peine, Germany

Assuring Compliance with Waste Acceptance Requirements

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Waste Acceptance Requirements and Quality Control

Quality Control

SafetyAnalyses

Model Data

Waste Acceptance Requirements

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– Process Qualification with Accompanying Inspections

– Spot Checking of Legacy Waste

– Type Checking of Containers

Quality Control Measures for Radioactive Waste Packages

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Process QualificationM

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Spot Checking of Legacy Waste

0.5 to 12 %

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Process Qualification versus Spot Checking

Process Qualification:

– Handbook or

Process Control Quality Plan

– Statement on the Suitability of

the Process

– Accompanying Inspections

Mandatory according to §74

Radiation Protection Ordinance

Spot Checking:

– Applicable to Legacy Waste

– Checking of 0.5 to 12 % of the

Waste Products

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Type Testing of Containers

– Production of Containers including QA Measures

– Prototype Test

– Assessment of the Application Documents (Construction Drawings,

Parts Lists), Results of the Prototype Test and the QA Measures

– Supervision of the Container Production

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Prototype Test

• Stacking Test (6 m) -> Stackability

• Lifting Test -> Handling

• Drop Test 0.8 m (4 m/s)

• Drop Test 5 m

• Thermal Test (1 h at 800 °C)

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Drop Test 5 m

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Thermal Test (1 h at 800 °C)

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