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Nuclear Disposal

          Part I: History, International Status &
          Disposal Conditions…

          Seminar on regulations and technology of
          waste management and disposal in Germany

          March 28th, 2018 in Taipei

          Dr. J. Shang

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Contents

  1        Introduction

  2        Status of nuclear disposal

  3        Safety requirements and long-term safety case

  4        German „repository“ Asse, Morsleben, Konrad and Gorleben

  5        Disposal conditions of the repository Konrad

 TÜV SÜD                                                   Slide 2
Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Contents

  1        Introduction

  2        Status of nuclear disposal

  3        Safety requirements and long-term safety case

  4        German „repository“ Asse, Morsleben, Konrad and Gorleben

  5        Disposal conditions of the repository Konrad

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Options for possible repositories - suitability

Sea or ocean                  Arctic or Antarctic              Space

• Water pollution             • Instable system                • Expensive
• London Dumping Convention   • Climate change & ice melting   • Risk of launch failure
  1972                        • Antarctic Treaty 1959          • Outer Space Treaty 1967

                                                                               Source: www.clker.com

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Options for possible repositories – suitability

                                          Repository
At Surface
                                          • Massive building with technical barriers
                                          • Continous protection
                                          • Long-term storage

                                          Storage
                                          • Interim or long-term storage
                                          • LLW, MLW or HLW

                                          Examples
                                          • HABOG (The Netherlands)
                                          • ATC (Spain)

                                                                                 Source: TÜV SÜD ET

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Options for possible repositories – suitability

                                          Characteristics
Deep geological depositories
                                          • Safety through geological stable system
                                          • Host rock and technical barriers
                                          • Storage of LLW, ILW & HLW

                                          Rock salt
                                          • Very low permeability, high thermal conductivity
                                          • E. g. Germany, USA, Russia

                                          Claystone
                                          • Low permeability, low dissolution behaviour
                                          • E. g. Switzerland, France, GB

                                          Crystalline rock/granite
                                          • High strength, low dissolution behaviour
                                          • E. g. Finland, China, Korea
                                                                                Source: TÜV SÜD ET

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Public opinion

• Provide information to public:

      – Risks and suitability

      – Security precautions

      – Prospects like working places

• Importance of public support          particularly of residents

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Public opinion – case study

Positive reaction – Finland (Olkiluoto)   Negative reaction – Germany (Gorleben)

Expectations:                             Expectations:
• Work places                             • Negative influence of radiation
• Higher wealth                           • Diseases
• Trust in politics                       • Distrust in politics

Acceptance:                               Acceptance:
• Local council: ~ 70 %                   • Protests since 1979
• Residents: ~ 60 %                       • Suitability not clear/accepted

           repository in construction               repository?

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Contents

  1        Introduction

  2        Status of nuclear disposal

  3        Safety requirments and long-term safety case

  4        German „repository“ Asse, Morsleben, Konrad and Gorleben

  5        Disposal conditions of the repository Konrad

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Nuclear Disposal Part I: History, International Status & Disposal Conditions Dr. J. Shang
Repositories overview

      Country        LLW/ILW repositories   HLW repositories
      Belgium                 1
       Canada                 1
      Denmark                 1
      Germany          2             1
       Finland                2
       France          1             2                                    Planning
    Great Britain             2
                                                                          Under
           Japan              1                                           construction
 Republic of Korea            1
           Spain              1                                           Operation

      Sweden                  1                                           Closed
    Switzerland               1
           USA         2             8

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Worldwide overview – international rules

• IAEA :
      – Safety Standards: Particularly for radioactive waste & repository,
        recommendations without legally binding
      – “Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on
        the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management“ (1997)

• ICRP :
      – Recommendations about handling with repositories

• EU directive:
      – “Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste” (2011)

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Finland - overview

Status quo                                    ONKALO - Olkiluoto

• Nuclear energy since 1977                   •   Encapsulation plant and repository for HLW
• Nuclear reactors:                           •   Isle before mainland
  – 4 operational                             •   Spent fuels stored in 400 – 450 m depth
  – 1 under construction                      •   Bedrock: migmatic gneiss
  – 1 planned
• 2 repositories for LLW/ILW in Loviisa and
  Olkiluto
• Waste management company: Posiva Oy

                                                                                     Source: POSIVA
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Finland - Olkiluoto

• Preparatory works since 1980s
      – 1983 – 1985: screening studies over Finland
      – 1985 – 1992: preliminary site investigations
      – 1993 – 2000: detailed site investigations (for 4 sites)
         all 4 were suitable

• 2000: Olkiluoto island is selected for repository because of highest
  local consent

• 2015 : construction licence obtained

• 2020: submission of the operation
                    licence application

• 2023: scheduled start of the repository
                                                                             Source: POSIVA
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Finland - Olkiluoto

Multiple barrier concept:
       Number                      Barrier                        Protection (before)
           1
                Final disposal canister (copper & cast iron)   Mechanical stress (bedrock)
       2 & 3                                                   Jolts and slows down water
                      Betonite barrier & tunnel backfill
                                                                        movement

           4                                                    Changes above & normal
                                  Bedrock
                                                                   living environment

                                                  3
                                                  2                  4

                  1                                                                          Source: POSIVA
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The Netherlands - overview

Status quo                          HABOG

• Nuclear energy since 1968         • At surface
• Nuclear reactors:                 • Long-term interim storage
  – 1 operational                   • For HLW
  – 1 permanent shutdown
• Amount of waste:
  – HLW 90 m3
  – LILW 11.000 m3
• Waste management company: COVRA

                                                                  Source: TÜV SÜD ET, COVRA

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The Netherlands - HABOG

• COVRA: need to collect enough waste & money
     100 years storage in buildings, then deep diposal

• HABOG facility:
      – Dry storage vault
      – Wall 1.7 m reinforced concrete
      – Passive cooling system
      – Drums get into one of 120 concrete tubes filled with argon

                                                                     Source: COVRA

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USA - overview

                                                             Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Status quo                    Regional compacts
                                                             (WIPP)

• Nuclear energy since 1957   • 10 interstate disposal       •   Salt mine
• Nuclear reactors:             compacts approved by         •   Storage since 1999
  – 100 operational             congress                     •   For TRU
  – 4 under construction      • 8 operating licenses         •   Allowed Capacity:
  – 33 permanent shutdown     • 4 active regional compacts                180.000 m3
• Waste management agency:    • For LLW
  DOE

                                                                             Source: NRC & DOE, TÜV SÜD ET

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USA - Yucca Mountain (YM)

• New strategy for Repository

      – Foundation of the “Blue-Ribbon Commission on America’s
        Nuclear Future”
      – Development of a new legal framework with public participation
      – 2012 Recommendation: start a new site election procedure

• Result: Yucca Mountain is still a potential repository for HLW
  but there is local resistance

                                                                         Source: NEI

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USA - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Accidents Feburary 2014
• 5th February: a salt hauler truck cought fire
        workers evacuated & WIPP shut down

• 14th February:
   – A Continuous Air Monitor (CAM) alarmed at night shift
        airborne radioacitivity
   – Next day: Low levels of radioactive decontamination
      were detected at surface

•      DoE: established two Accident Investigations Boards
        – to assess and to improve the safety systems
        – Cause of radioactivity: exothermic reaction
           in one drum

                                                                        Source: DOE

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Republic of Korea - overview

Status quo                          Wolsong

• Nuclear energy since 1978         •   Underground silos
• Nuclear reactors:                 •   Construction began in 2006
  – 24 operational                  •   In operation since 2015
  – 4 under construction            •   For LLW/MLW
• Waste management company: KORAD   •   Capacity: 800.000 drums

                                                                     Source: KRMC, TÜV SÜD ET

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Republic of Korea - Wolsong

• Troubles with siting of repository (LILW) in the Republic of Korea
        1986 – 2005: 9 attempts failed, because of strong protests
        2004 – 2006: 10. attempt: Wolsong (Gyeongju-city)
        in consent with residents (89.5 %)
• Wolsong: underground silo type (80 m -130 m below surface)

                                                                             Source: KRMC

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France – Sites with radioactive waste

                                                              Project developer

                                        Licensing authority

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France Disposal strategy

                                                           Disposal strategy
                                                           ▪VLLW: Final storage on
                                                           the surface since 2003
                                                           ▪LLW-long-lived: Final
                                                           storage in the flat
                                                           underground planned (15-
                                                           200 m)
                                                           ▪LLW / ILW-short-lived:
                                                           Final storage on the
                                                           surface since 1992
                                                           ▪ILW-long-lived / HLW:
                                                           Final storage in the deep
                                                           underground (500 m)
                                                           planned

      Source: ANDRA, Project Owner File, 2013

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CIGEO-Repository for HLW & ILW-long-lived

•      Depth ca. 500 m under surface, area ca. 15 km²
•      Licensing application ca. 2018, granting of license ca. 2021
•      Expected beginning of the industrial pilot phase ca. 2025
•      Beginning of storage ca. 2030
•      Reversibility of the decision during the whole process
•      Gradual decisions for the extension of the repository
•      Storage of the waste with the possibility of retrieval
•      Planned operation time > 100 years
•      Keep open before final closure of the repository

                                                        Source: ANDRA, OECD-RWMC-49, 2016

    TÜV SÜD                                                       Slide 24
Contents

  1        Introduction

  2        Status of nuclear disposal

  3        Safety requirments and long-term safety case

  4        German „repository“ Asse, Morsleben, Konrad and Gorleben

  5        Disposal conditions of the repository Konrad

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Safety requirments and long-term safety case

 Safety requirements on repository for HLW, BMUB on 30th Sept. 2010.
 • Safety level of repositroy for heat-generating radioactive waste in deep geological formations,
   to fulfill the requirements of the atomic act
 • License procedure for the (selected) site

           •   Safety objectives
           •   Safety principles
           •   Stepwise approach and optimization
           •   Protection against damage from ionizing radiation
           •   Safety analyses for operation and long-term safety case
           •   Safety concept for operation phase and after-closure phase
           •   Safety management for construction and operation of the repository
           •   Documentation

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General safety objectives & safety principles

General safety objectives

1. Protection of human and environment against ionizing
   radiation and other harmful effects of these waste
2. Avoidance of unreasonable burden and commitments for future generations
2. Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and of Radioactive Waste
   Management 1997
Safety principles
• Radioactive and other harmful substances have to be concentrated and enclosed in the effective
  containment zone
• Only slight increase of the natural radiation exposure on the long term
• No danger for the diversity of species
• No resource competition
• No higher pollution abroad permitted than in Germany
• No interventions or maintenance after closure
• Fast construction of the repository
• Secured and timely financing for construction and operation incl. decommissioning of the
  repository
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Approach/optimization & protection against damage from ionizing radiation

Stepwise approach and optimization

Before essential decisions for the further approach are made, a optimization on
the basis of safety analyses and safety evaluations with an examination of
possible alternatives have to be done
• Optimization of the repository concept and design due to the long construction
   and operation phases
• Regular security check during operation phase (every 10 years)

Protection against damage from ionizing radiation in the after-closure phase

• Guarantee of integrity of the effective containment zone in the after-closure phase
• Additional radiation exposure shall only appear in a limited area, so that as little persons of a
  generation as possible may be concerned
• It has to be proved, that for probable developments through release of radionuclides, for
  individual persons of the population only a additional effective dose in the area of 10
  microsievert per year could appear
• For less probable developments in the after-closure phase a additional effective dose for
  humans not exceed 0,1 millisievert per year

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Protection against damage from ionizing radiation & Long-term safety case

 Protection against damage from ionizing radiation in the after-closure phase

 • For improbable developments no rate is determined for reasonable risks or reasonable radiation
   exposure. There, possibilities for optimization with acceptable efforts have to be proved.
 • For developments due to unintentional intrusion, no rate is determined for reasonable risks or
   reasonable radiation exposure.

 Long-term safety case

 • Safety analysis for all operating conditions of the repository
 • Site-specific long-term safety certification for 1 m years
 • Integrity of effective containment zone
 • The in each case underlying repository design
 • The quality assured collection of data and information from site exploration, research and
   development
 • The comprehensive identification and analysis of safety relevant scenarios and its classification in
   the probability classes
 • The identification, characterization and modeling of safety relevant processes
 • The representation and implementation of a systematic strategy for identification, evaluation and
   handling of uncertainties
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Safety concept for operation phase and after-closure phase

Long-term statement to the integrity of the effective containment zone:

• The integrity of the effective containment zone have to be ensured over a detection period of 1
  million years
• Therefore the applicant have to show that:
    • the formation of such secondary water paths within the effective containment zone, which
        can lead to the penetration or leakage of possibly polluted aqueous solutions, is excluded
    • present pore water does not participate at the hydrogeological cycle outside the effective
        containment zone in the sense of the water rights

• For salt and clay rocks following criteria have to be proved additionally:
    • the expected straining may not exceed the dilatancy stability of the effective containment
       zone outside the bulking zone
    • the expected fluid pressures may not exceed the fluid pressure straining of the effective
       containment zone in a way that leads to a raised access of groundwater into the effective
       containment zone
    • the barrier effectiveness of the effective containment zone may not be impermissible
       influenced through the temperature progression of the waste

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Safety concept for operation phase and after-closure phase

Long-term statement to the integrity of the effective containment zone:

Proof of robustness of the technical components of the repository system:
The long-term robustness have to be predicted and presented on the basis of theoretical
thoughts.
The creation, construction and function of technical barriers have to be tested, if they take over
significant safety functions and if they underlie special requirements and there are no recognized
engineering rules.

Exclusion of criticality: It is to show, that self-sustaining chain reactions at probable as well as at
less probable developments are excluded

Requirements on the safety concept
• Minimization of the perforation of the effective containment zone
• Consideration of geological attenuation zone at determination for effective containment zone
• Separation of storage- and drivage areas
• Minimization of open storage areas
• Decommissioning concept have to exist at initial operation
• Multiple barrier system

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Schematic presentation of the effect duration of different barriers
(Example repository system in salt / clay rock )

                                      Geological barrier

                      Shaft- and route sealing

                                 Compacted route stowing

             Fuel element cask

                       Waste matrix

                                          Time / Years

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Safety management for construction and operation of the repository

Repository design:

For the safety of the repository during the operation phase and including the decommissioning, the
reliability and robustness of the safety functions have to be proved. Following four safety levels have
to be considered:
• Normal operation – measures avoid the appearance of operation disturbance
• Abnormal operation – measures avoid the appearance of design basis incidents
• Design basis incidents – measures control design basis incidents
• Events beyond the design basis – measures reduce the entrance probability or the environment
    impacts

• The piercing of the effective containment zone with shafts, drivages or bore holes have to be
  minimized
• For the determination of the borders of the effective containment zone, a adequate depth position
  as well as a adequate distance to geological disturbances have to be met
• The handling of waste packages have to be separated from the mining work
• The amount of open storage areas should be kept low. These are to be loaded quickly, then
  backfilled and sealed securely against the mine.

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Safety management for construction and operation of the repository

Repository design:

           1. Retrievability and recoverability:

• During operation phase until the closure of the shafts or ramps the retrieval of the waste casks
  have to be possible.
• The manageability of the waste casks at a eventual recoverability from the decommissened and
  closed repository have to be possible for a time period of 500 years.
• Measures, that are taken to ensure the possibilities for the retrieval or salvage, may not influence
  the passive safety barriers and therewith the long-term safety.

           2. Multi-barrier system:

The containment capacity of the repository have to be based on different barriers with diverse safety
functions. Relating the reliability of the inclusion, the interaction of these barriers in their redundancy
and diversity have to optimated.

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Safety management for construction and operation of the repository

Repository design:

           3. Decommissioning concept

Before the initial operation of the repository, a realizable and checked decommissioning concept have
to exist. It has to be ensured that the personnel, financial and technical conditions allow a eventual
necessary short-term implementation of the decommissioning concept.
In line with the every ten years performed safety check, the decommissioning concept has to be
checked after the state of science and technology and further developed if necessary.

4. Safety management:

• The applicant/operator has to establish a safety management, which is maintained during all
  phases of the repository project until the closing of the decommissioning. It gives the verification
  and continuous improvement of the safety the highest priority.
• For the realisation of the safety management, a safety management system has to be arranged. It
  has to contain all determinations, regulations and organisational tools for the execution of safety
  relevant operations and processes.
• The safety management system is an integral part of the whole management system.
• Safety management have to be constructed as a learning system.
•
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Safety management for construction and operation of the repository

4. Safety management:

• Establishment of safety management system
• For all project phases
• Responsibility at operator organisation
• Clear organisational structure
• Suitable employee selection (knowledge, reliability…)
• Validity for all parties, also for external organisations which act as external company, deliverer or
  contractor for the applicant/operator
• The organisational structure of the applicant / operator has to be aligned on the safety targets:
    • Determination of clear responsibilities for contents and processes
    • Promote the stepwise optimization of the project in consideration of the continuous gaining of
        information and findings
    • Support of the internal and external, disciplinary and interdisciplinary exchange
    • Pursue a transparent approach for the extraction, processing and documentation of data and
        results
    • Promote self-critical behavior and a critical questioning attitude of all employees as well as a
        trusting handling in all areas within the organization

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Documentation

• All data and documents relevant for the safety statement have to be documented until the
  decommissioning is finalized. This includes:
    • the mine surveying data of the repository, including their historical development
    • all relevant information about the stored waste, including their safety technical significant
        properties
    • the planned and taken technical measures at construction, storage operation and
        decommissioning of the repository
    • the results of all measuring programs
    • all made forecasts for developments in the repository mine and its surrounding area
    • all made proofs for operational safety and long-term safety.

• The set of documents has to be updated regularly. For the form and place of the storage it has to
  be ensured that all sets of documents are accessible at every time and with currently available
  technic without substantial effort. Complete sets of documents have to be stored at at least two
  different suitable places. Documentation to be kept after the closure of the repository must
    • contain all data and documents from the operation-documentation that may be relevant to the
        information of future generations
    • especially contain information, which area in the surrounding area of the repository mine have
        to be protected against human interventions in the deep underground respectively which
        interventions have to be provided with special conditions.
  TÜV SÜD                                                        Slide 37
Contents

  1        Introduction

  2        Status of nuclear disposal

  3        Safety requirments and long-term safety case

  4        German „repository“ Asse, Morsleben, Konrad and Gorleben

  5        Disposal conditions of the repository Konrad

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Repositories for Nuclear Waste in Germany

      Repositories for Nuclear Waste in Germany

                                          Former exploration mine for nuclear waste GORLEBEN
                                          Rock Salt
                                          HAW
                                           Repository for nuclear waste MORSLEBEN (Rock Salt)
                                           Former repository for low and intermediate level
                                           radioactive waste in GDR
                                           Interstratifation complete
                                           Status: Closedown
                                          Repository for nuclear waste KONRAD (Iron Ore/Clay))
                                          Repository for low and intermediate level radioactive
                                          waste
                                          Status: Construction; Commissioning: 2022
                                          Former test repository for nuclear waste ASSE II (Rock Salt)
                                          Former test repository for low and intermediate level
                                          radioactive waste in Germany (1965-1978)
    Source: VGB
                                          Research activity (1979-1995)
                                          Status: decommissioning and retrieval (ca. 200.000 m3)
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Germany - overview

ERAM (Morsleben)       Asse II                Konrad                          Gorleben

• Former potash &      • Former potash &      • Former iron ore               • Salt dome
  salt mine              salt mine              mine                          • Possible repository
• Storage: 1971-1991   • Storage: 1965-1978   • Planned                         for HLW
  &1994-1998           • 47.000 m3              completion: 2027              • Protest of residents
• 37.000 m3              LLW/MLW              • ~300.000 m3
  LLW/MLW                                       LLW/MLW

                                                                              Source: Deutsches Atomforum e. V., GNS

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Germany - overview

                             Inventory KONRAD
                          Maximum storage 5*1018 Bq

                            Inventory 1 CASTOR
                     Maximum storage 1*1018 Bq (type V/19)

                              Inventory ASSE II
                        Storage 3*1015 Bq (01.01.2010)

                           Inventory MORSLEBEN
                                  3*1014 Bq

                                                             Source: BfS

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Repositories for Nuclear Waste in Germany
 Former Repository Morsleben for Radwaste with heat generation < 2 kW/m3

 1970: Site selection GDR
                                                          Repository Morsleben
 1986: Commissioning

 1990: FRG

 1998: Stop of the storage

 2001:       BfS decision: Decommissioning

 2009:       Plan-approval procedure

             (13000 objections)

 2013:       ESK Safety review

 Volume:           36.754 m3

 Activity:         β/γ: 9,6 x 1013 Bq / α:1,8 x 1014 Bq
TÜV SÜD                                                                     Slide 42
Repositoriy Morsleben

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Repositories for Nuclear Waste in Germany
 Former Repository ASSE II for Radwaste with heat generation < 2 kW/m3

 1909 - 1964 : Rock salt mine                      Former Repository ASSE II

 1965 - 1967: exploration for

 1967 - 1978: operation

 1995 – 2008: Closedown

 2009:         Stop operation

 2010:         decision for „retrieval“

 2013:         act for acceleration of retrieval

 2033:         Begin of retrival

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Asse II

           Source: GNS, BfS

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Repositories for Nuclear Waste in Germany
 Repository Konrad for Radwaste with heat generation < 2 kW/m3

  1965 - 1976 : Iron mine
                                                   Repository Konrad
  1976 - 1982: exploration

  1982 - 2002: Plan-approval procedure (20 a)

  2007:           Ende of the legal process for

                  objections

  Status:         Construction

  2027:           Commissioning

  Volume:         303.000 m3

  Activity:       b/g: 2 x 1018 Bq; a: 1,5 x1017
    Source: VGB

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Repository Konrad

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Repositories for Nuclear Waste in Germany
   Possible repository Gorleben for Radwaste with heat generation > 2 kW/m3
Worldwide biggest examination program for repository
(HLW)                                                   „Repository“ Gorleben
Exploration underground (since 1986):
     Construction of Slot 1 & 2 and connection                                          Bild: Fice / Wikipedia

     2000: government decided moratorium for 10
     years
     because of doubts (after 5 years already
     eliminated)
     Since 2010 further examination, but complaints
     in 2012
Exploration aboveground (1979 – 1983):
     Recording of 477 km seismic profiles
     322 vertical drillings (measurement of ground
     water)
       44 salt mirror cuts
        4 deep boreholes
        2 pilot shaft drilling
2013/2017 StandAG: keep mine open until further
exploration because of selection process                                  Source: VGB

 TÜV SÜD                                                              Slide 48
Possible repository Gorleben

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Contents

  1        Introduction

  2        Status of nuclear disposal

  3        Safety requirments and long-term safety case

  4        German „repository“ Asse, Morsleben, Konrad and Gorleben

  5        Disposal conditions of the repository Konrad

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

     Cask/Container            Length or   Width   Height    Volume
                               Diameter
                                 (mm)      (mm)    (mm)        m3
     Concrete packaging I        1060        -     13701      1,2
     Concrete packaging II       1060        -     15102/3    1,3
     cast-iron packaging I       900         -      1150      0,7
     cast-iron packaging II      1060        -     15004      1,34
     cast-iron packaging III     1000        -      1240      1,0
     Container I                 1600      1700    14505      3,95
     Container II                1600      1700     1700      4,6
     Container III               3000      1700     1700      8,7
     Container IV                3000      1700    14506      7,47
     Container V                 3200      2000     1700
                                                     F1060    10,9
     Container VI                1600      2000     1700      5,4

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Conditions for repository Konrad

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

          Radioactive half-life of 44 radionuclides (
Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                 List II: Guaranteed values for
                                 radionuclides and radionuclide
                                 groups per waste container
                                  (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                  List 3: activity limiting values for
                                  radionuclides and no specified
                                  a, b or g emitter per waste
                                  container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                      List 4: activity limiting values
                                      for radionuclides per waste
                                      container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                       List 4: activity limiting values
                                       for radionuclides per waste
                                       container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                     List 5: activity values for
                                     radionuclides and no specified
                                     a, b or g emitter per waste
                                     container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                       List 5: activity values for
                                       radionuclides and no specified
                                       a, b or g emitter per waste
                                       container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                     List 6: activity values for
                                     radionuclides per waste
                                     container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                    List 6: activity values for
                                    radionuclides per waste
                                    container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                    List 6: activity values for
                                    radionuclides per waste
                                    container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                    List 6: activity values for
                                    radionuclides per waste
                                    container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

          List 7a: activity values of fissile materials (no Uranium)
                   per waste container (Bq/Container)

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

          List 7b: Mass of fissile materials (no Uranium)
                   per waste container (Bq/Container)
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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

          List 8: max. activity of radionuclides at the end of the
          operating phase of Konrad repository

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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

      List 9: mean activity concentration of radionuclides (Bq/m3)
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Casks & Containers for reporsitory Konrad

                                     List 10: Permissible
                                     radionuclides for repository
                                     Konrad

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