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Romania Nuclear Agency

Radioactive waste management in Romania Present and future. Romania Nuclear Agency. GOVERNMENT. REGULATORY AND ADVISORY BODIES. National Commission for Nuclear Activity Control. Ministry of Economy and Trade. Ministry of Education, Research and Youth.

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Romania Nuclear Agency

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  1. Radioactive waste management in Romania Present and future Romania Nuclear Agency

  2. GOVERNMENT REGULATORY AND ADVISORY BODIES National Commission for Nuclear Activity Control Ministry of Economy and Trade Ministry of Education, Research and Youth Ministry of Environment and Water Management Nuclear Agency Ministry of Finance Ministry of Health Ministry of Administration and Interior • WASTE GENERATORS/OPERATORS • Nuclearelectrica (Cernavoda NPP, Fuel Fabrication Plant FCN) • SCN Pitesti • Horia Hulubei Nuclear Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) • National Uranium Company (CNU) • Industry, medicine, etc. • REPOSITORY OPERATORS • ANDRAD • IFIN-HH (Baita Bihor LILW-SL repository) Management structures for radioactive waste

  3. CNCAN Ministry for Economy and Trade authorization and control collaboration authorization control coordination Nuclear Agency Radioactive waste generators ANDRAD Coordonation and control Responsibilities triangle

  4. Radioactive Waste Streams to be considered for disposal • Radioactive waste from operation of Cernavoda NPP(units 1-4): • Spent nuclear fuel; • Operational waste; • Decommissioning waste; • Radioactive waste from operation of TRIGA-MTR: • PIEL spent fuel fragments; • Spent fuel (HEU to be returned to the manufacturers, LEU to be managed in Romania); • Operational waste; • Decommissioning waste; • Waste sources at National Institute for R&D for Physics and Nuclear Engineering “Horia Hulubei” (IFIN-HH) Magurele: • VVRS RR spent fuel (HEU to be returned in the origin country, LEU to be managed in Romania); • Institutional radioactive waste; • Disused sealed radioactive sources; • VVR-S decommissioning waste; • Uranium processing waste.

  5. Waste management strategy

  6. ACTION PLAN The National Strategy on Medium and Long Term Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste, Including the Disposal and the Decommissioning of Nuclear and Radiological Facilities

  7. ACTION PLAN • 1.1. Legislation and regulations • 1. Specific legislation…..…………..2007 • 2. Norms and regulations in the radioactive waste management field…………………………....2006-2015 • 1.2. Characterizing and electronic book keeping of radioactive waste • 1. The characterization of radioactive Waste……2008 • 2. National database for the record keeping of the radioactive waste………………………..…..……2008

  8. Disposal Facilities for Radioactive Waste: Decision regarding further waste disposal to Baita Bihor LILW repository (Safety Analysis; Reabilitation; Upgrading; Extension of capacity); Decision regarding siting of a new surface repository near CNE Cernavoda, taking account of: Initial Safety Analysis for Saligny site (2008) Waste inventory (e.g. considering future operational and decommissioning wastes from CNE Cernavoda); Latest geological and hydro geological information for the potential sites; Cost; Consideration of public acceptance. Number of NPP Cernavoda Units 4 Medium term objectives (6 - 10 y)

  9. ACTION PLAN (cont.) • 1.3. Safe management of low and medium level radioactive waste • The strategy for management of LILW waste from IFIN-HH Magurele………………………...2008 • The strategy for management of LILW waste from RAAN-SCN Pitesti……………………….2008 • The strategy for management of LILW waste from CNE Cernavoda………………………….……2009 • 1.4. Interim storage of the nuclear spent fuel • Developing and implementing the technology for dry storage of : • EK-10 spent fuel from VVR’S research reactor……………………..2015 • TRIGA-LEU spent fuel from TRIGA research reactor……...........…2015 • Iradiated fuel fragments from LEPI of RAAN-SCN Pitesti……….…2015

  10. ACTION PLAN (cont.) • 1.5. Final disposal of radioactive waste • National Repository for Radioactive Waste Baita- Bihor…… 2011 • National Centre for the disposal of LILW/SL waste……...2014 • National Centre for the disposal of high level waste……...2055 • 1.6. Decommissioning of nuclear facilities • Decommissioning of VVR’S reactor at IFIN(3 stages)….2007-2018 • Preparation for decommissioning of TRIGA reactor at RAAN-SCN Pitesti……………………..............…2035-2055 • Strategy and preliminary decommissioning plan of CNE-PROD Cernavoda……………………………....……2006-2009

  11. Medium term objectives (6 - 10 y) (cont.) • Drawing up a strategy for disposal of spent fuel and other long-lived wastes. Issues to be addressed include: • Reference scenario to estimate costs (also required as input to fee calculation); • Determine R&D requirements; • Identify key steps in the process of developing a geological facility, with defined milestones; • Update the mid- and long-term plan periodically.

  12. Long term objectives (> 10 y) • Geological disposal: • Site selection, characterization and licensing; • Environmental Impact Assessment; • Development and implementing of the technologies for treatment, conditioning and disposal; • Construction and licensing of the repository; • Development of acceptance criteria for radioactive wastes to be disposed off. • Decommissioning planning for TRIGA and CANDU reactors

  13. New LILW repository 13

  14. General presentation • Siting: Saligny site inside the exclusion zone of the NPP; • Land owners: Saligny Local Council (~70%) and private owners; • ANDRAD has legal permission from land owners for issuing the feasibility study; • Disposal concept: Surface facility with multiple barriers; • Waste inventory: Operational and decommissioning LILW-SL with limited quantities of LL radionuclides generated by 4 units at Cernavoda NPP (2 scenarios were considered: 30 and 40 years/unit lifetime); • Waste volume: 57,000m3 (scenario with 40 years lifetime/unit). • Development features: Staged development of the repository considering the characteristics of the construction works on loess soil and further development of new units on Cernavoda NPP site 14

  15. Conceptual design Multilayer final roof Perimeter channel Disposal Container Foundation Monitoring gallery Drain Disposal Cell Loessoid backfill Loessoid columns 15

  16. Partial siting license for Saligny Repository Partial siting license allows ANDRAD: • to continue the completion of site characterization, • to apply for the environmental agreement, • to launch the urban development documentation, and • to buy the land if considered by ANDRAD. 16

  17. Elements of the repository safety strategy 17 17

  18. GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL IN ROMANIA • Support studies related to site selection • 1992 – 1994: area survey, with six geological formations analyzed (green schists, granite, basalt, clays, salt and volcanic tuff) • 1997 - 1998: 2 drillings and geophysical investigations for several formations (granite, green schists) • Potential host rock formations: salt (4), tuff (1), green schists (5), granite (3) • Conceptual repository design • Standard concept for a deep geological repository • Safety assessment studies for generic repositories in rock salt and granite • R&D national programs • NATO sponsored cooperations • ANDRAD has proposed a TCP with IAEA on site selection for deep geological repository

  19. Site selection for deep geological disposal in Romania(scale 1:25 000)

  20. CONTACTS • Director Ing. Alice Mariana HERTOG AN– Nuclear Agency Mendeleev 21-25, Section 1, Bucharest, ROMANIA Phone: + 40 21 316 80 01 Fax: + 40 21 312 14 10 E-mail: alice.hertog@nuclearagency.ro • www.nuclearenergy.ro

  21. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

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