Published 2016 | Version v1
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Inerting of Casks Cavity Atmospheres - The GNS Approach to Treat Hydrogen Generation in Sealed ILW Packages - 16043

Creators

  • 1. Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service - GNS mbH, Frohnhauser Strasse 67, 45127 Essen (Germany)

Description

A new approach to deal with the issue of hydrogen generation in sealed packages for radioactive waste with organic content is presented. The so-called 'inerting' of the cask cavity atmosphere can be either executed after loading or after interim storage via a new facility introduced by GNS. This new approach is approved by the German competent authority and yield to the recent prolongation of the Type B(U) certificate of approval of the GNS MOSAIKR cask. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (US)

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.wmsym.org/archives/2016/index.html;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
INIS-US--19-WM-16043

Conference

Title
42. Annual Waste Management Symposium
Acronym
WM2016
Dates
6-10 Mar 2016
Place
Phoenix, AZ (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
50083307
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ATMOSPHERES; CASKS; CAVITIES; INTERSTITIAL HYDROGEN GENERATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Descriptors DEC
CONTAINERS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; WASTES

Optional Information

Notes
available online at: http://archive.wmsym.org/2016/index.html