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Conference Article: Disposal of Creys Malville sodium

Alfonse, P. (EDF/CIDEN, Creys Malville (France))

Abstract

When the IAEA dismantling level 1 is reached, the fissile materials have to be removed and the plant fluids and products treated. This document describes the fate decided for the sodium wastes from Superphenix and succinctly describes the method adopted for treating reactor sodium. (author)

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key words: containment buildings; decontamination; planning; reactor dismantling; reactor shutdown; reactor vessels; remedial action; sodium; super phenix reactor; waste disposal; breeder reactors; enriched uranium reactors; epithermal reactors; fast reactors; fbr type reactors; liquid metal cooled reactors; lmfbr type reactors; management; metals; plutonium reactors; reactors; sodium cooled reactors; waste management
Reference:
Proceedings of a Technical Meeting held in Cadarache, France 11-15 March 2002
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1405, pp:187-189