Waste Technology Section
Waste Predisposal
Predisposal of Radioactive Waste
Objective: To provide information and guidance on selection and application of waste processing technologies, to support research and development on new technologies for waste treatment, conditioning and packaging, on methodological and technological approaches to best waste processing practices, waste segregation, characterization and waste minimization.
Responsible Officer : Zoran DRACE
Details: Considerable experience has been gained in the pre-disposal management of radioactive waste of all types but the nature of some waste types makes them difficult to manage. Safe and sustainable technologies are needed to manage these wastes to convert them to proper forms for storage and final disposal.
The project is concerned with implementing the Agency's statutory obligation to foster exchange of scientific and technical information by providing technical information and guidance to assist Member States in pre-disposal radioactive waste management. The project includes technologies and approaches of waste minimization, improvement in waste management systems at nuclear facilities, optimization of waste management capacity and for waste treatment and conditioning in close association with the processes generating waste.
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Related IAEA Publications:
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Technology |
Management |
Special Topics |
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Retrieval and Conditioning of Solid Radioactive Waste from Old Facilities |
Design features and requirements to minimize operational and decommissioning waste generation at nuclear facilities (in print). |
Management of Problematic Waste and Material Generated During the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities TRS No. 441, (2006) |
| Innovative Waste Treatment and Conditioning Technologies at Nuclear Power Plants, TECDOC-1504, (2006) |
Methods for maintaining a record of waste packages during waste processing and storage, (in print) |
Implications of Partitioning and Transmutation in Radioactive Waste Management, TRS No. 435, (2005) |
| Application of Membrane technologies for liquid radioactive waste processing, TRS No. 431, (2005) |
Selection of efficient options for processing and storage of radioactive waste in countries with small amounts of waste generation, TECDOC-1371, (2003). |
Management of waste containing tritium and C-14, TRS No. 421, (2004). |
| Predisposal management of organic radioactive waste, TRS No. 427, (2004). |
Management of low and intermediate level radioactive waste with regard to their chemical toxicity”, TECDOC-1325, (2002). |
Combined methods for liquid radioactive waste treatment, TECDOC-1336, (2003). |
| Application of ion-exchange processes for treatment of radioactive waste and management of spent ion-exchangers, TRS No.408, (2002). |
Methods for the minimization of radioactive waste from decontamination and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, TRS No. 401, (2001). |
Management of radioactive waste from the use of radionuclides in medicine, TECDOC-1183, (2000). |
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Management of Radioactive Waste from Non-Power Applications – Sharing the Experience, |
- | Recycling and reuse of materials and components from waste streams of nuclear fuel cycle facilities, TECDOC-1130, (2000). |
| Handling and processing of radioactive waste from nuclear applications, TRS No. 402, (2001). |
- | Minimization of waste from uranium purification, enrichment and fuel fabrication, TECDOC-1115, (1999). |
| - | - | Management of radioactive waste from 99Mo production, TECDOC-1051, (1998). |
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