Committee on Waste Conditioning, Transport and Interim Storage (AZ)

The “Committee on Waste Conditioning, Transport and Interim Storage” (AZ) carries out consultations on general safety issues in connection with the conditioning of radioactive waste as well as the transport and interim storage of radioactive substances. As far as the topics are related to the dismantling of nuclear facilities, these are dealt with in close co-operation with the “Committee on Decommissioning” (ST).

Current topics are the waste streams from the reprocessing of fuel assemblies, the transport and interim storage of spent fuel and other radioactive substances. These comprise the packaging and the inventories (spent fuel assemblies, high-level and high-pressure compacted medium-level waste, etc.) well as the experience made with conditioning, transport and interim storage of these radioactive substances so far. Furthermore, the Committee deals with the preparatory work for the emplacement of radioactive waste in the Konrad repository mine.

Other topics are the safety requirements on facilities for radioactive waste management in national and international rules and regulations and the consideration of experiences and new findings from the operation of such facilities.

Current topics of consultations

• Systematic survey and evaluation of incidents in connection with disposal
• Need for updating the selection and weighing criteria developed by the former Committee on a Selection Procedure for Repository Site (AkEnd)
• Extended storage of spent fuel and heat-generating radioactive waste
• Guideline for the safe operation of a storage facility for and heat generating radioactive waste (in consultation with Committee AZ)
• Evaluation of the ESK Workshops of 20 and 21 January 2015: State of knowledge and knowledge gaps regarding the potential disposal facility host rock types salt, clay and crystalline
• Asse II mine, Morsleben disposal facility for radioactive waste (ERAM) and Konrad disposal facility

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