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Bituminization of low- and medium-level radioactive wastes

  • 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, 13 - Saint-Paul-les-Durance (France). Service de Chimie Appliquee

Description

French operations are presented concerning mainly: the bituminization of radioactive wastes produced in light water reactors; the direct bituminization of liquid effluents without concentration; the experiments carried out for 18 months on the land burial of concentrates solidified by bitumen into blocks of 100 liters. The knowledge acquired in France is exposed: in Valduc and in Saclay with facilities equipped with thin film evaporators and in Marcoule with the conditioning of trilaurylamine and tributyl-phosphate. At last the Cadarache bituminization

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Abstract (French)

On presente les travaux francais portant principalement sur: le bitumage des residus radioactifs produits par les centrales a eau legere; le bitumage direct sans preconcentration des effluents liquides; l'experimentation d'enfouissement dans le sol pendant 18 mois de blocs de 100 l de concentrats solidifies par le bitume. On mentionne egalement l'experience acquise en France: a Valduc et a Saclay avec des stations equipees d'evaporateurs a couche mince et a Marcoule pour le conditionnement de trilauryllamine et de tributylphosphate. Enfin on decrit sommairement la future installation de Cadarache equipee d'une extrudeuse a double vis, dont la mise en service est prevue en 1977

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Additional titles

Original title (French)
Conditionnement dans le bitume des dechets radioactifs de faible et moyenne activite

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
14 p.
Report number
CEA-CONF--3668

Conference

Title
Seminar on the bituminization of low and medium level radioactive wastes.
Dates
18 May 1976.
Place
Antwerp, Belgium.