Management of Wastes Containing Long-lived Alpha Emitters: Characterization, Processing and Storage

The project is aimed at promoting waste minimization, effective storage (including long term storage), and the development of new technologies for the characterisation (including safeguard related parameters), and processing of waste streams containing long-lived alpha emitters (including disused sealed radioactive sources) of different activity levels and physical states. The objective of CRP is to improve understanding of the inventory, diversity and methods of handling wastes containing long-lived alpha emitters. The CRP will provide a forum to facilitate cooperation and sharing of common challenges, experiences, research & development and technological activities associated with the development of processes suitable for the characterization, pre-treatment, treatment, and conditioning of high alpha wastes to meet the waste acceptance criteria for storage and final disposal.