Remote liquid and solid waste handling; different maintenance philosophies and equipment for the reprocessing plant Wackersdorf

It is reported about the arrangement of the process components for liquid and solid waste treatment in the WAW in non accessible cells of different layout and maintenance approach. The application of the FEMO-concept for the liquid process steps is explained and a demand for experimental verification of remote maintenance procedures for module techniques is deviated. The successful demonstration of the process step of solidifying HLLW waste by ceramic melter technique in a Hot-cell (PAMELA) gave rise to unify remote separation/joining techniques for pipes and electrical power lines to allow an extension of the standardisation potential of maintenance procedures both in FEMO-cells and hot-cells. (orig.)