Remotely Operated Waste Processing in the European Spallation Source Active Cells Facility- 23520

The Active Cells Facility will be the world's largest hot cell and will be used to process radioactive waste generated in the operation of the European Spallation Source. Several innovative technologies and approaches have been developed for the ESS Active Cells, drawing on advances made in remote handling techniques and technology from fusion research. These new approaches have the potential to inform and provide benefits to many other facilities around the world. This paper discusses the fully-remote processing of the waste components including a dual-crane remote handling system, size reduction using fully remotely operated and maintained wire saws and remote packing of the waste for export off-site. (authors)