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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jnfcwt.2020.18.1.91

Review of Waste Acceptance Criteria in USA for Establishing Very Low Level Radioactive Waste Acceptance Criteria in the 3rd Step Landfill Disposal Site  

Park, Kihyun (ORION EnC Co. Ltd.)
Chung, Sewon (ORION EnC Co. Ltd.)
Lee, Unjang (ORION EnC Co. Ltd.)
Lee, Kyungho (ORION EnC Co. Ltd.)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.18, no.1, 2020 , pp. 91-102 More about this Journal
Abstract
According to the Korea Radioactive Waste Agency's (KORAD's) medium and low level radioactive waste management implementation plan, the Domestic 3rd Step Landfill Disposal Facility has planned to accept a total of 104,000 drums (2 trenches) of very low level radioactive waste (VLLW), from the decommissioning site from April 2019 - February 2026 (total budget: 224.6 billion Won). Subsequently, 260,000 drums (5 trenches) will be disposed in a 34,076 ㎡. Accordingly, KORAD is preparing a waste acceptance criteria (WAC) for this facility. Every disposal facility for VLLW in other countries such as France and Spain, operate their WAC for each VLLW facility with a reasonable application approach, This, paper focuses on analyzing the WAC conditions in VLLW sites in the USA and discusses whether these can be met in domestic VLLW WAC. It also helps in the preparation of WAC for the 3rd Step Landfill Disposal Site in Gyeongju, since the USA has prior experience on decommissioning nuclear waste.
Keywords
Decommissioning waste; Very low level radioactive waste; Acceptance criteria; Landfill disposal;
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