Conditioning of core components in NPP Wuergassen with equipment ZVA

The NPP Wuergassen (KKW) preparing the decommissioning has to dispose off core components. These are 130 control rods and 774 fuel channels. Further core components not under review here were already conditioned previously. The core components will be cut up in the fuel element storage pool and will be loaded into primary containers. At a later date the primary containers shall be prepared for long-term interim storage with a conditioning line. The place of the interim storage shall be in the UNS-building of the NPP Wuergassen until a later transport to the final repository. To cut up the core components within the fuel element storage pool a facility had to be designed meeting the high packaging density requirements in the primary containers. (orig.)