Alt i et depot til lav og mellemaktivt affald
Hvis Danmark ikke kan komme af med de 233 kg "særligt affald" til udlandet, skal de i depot til lav og mellemaktivt affald, se citat fra rapport 2011 længere nede.
- Et depot som man ikke ved endnu bliver reversibelt, dvs. mulighed for at tage affaldet op igen. Se her side 21:
"The type of repository primarily depends on the safety analysis, geology and costs.
At the present time there has not been a decision regarding reversibility. This issue has been brought up by stakeholders as an important parameter. Hence, the working group has recommended that in the continued process, the question of reversibility is an option to be considered. The decision whether the repository shall be reversible or not will be made later, when more knowledge of the implications with regard to safety, design and cost are available."
Forsøgene på at komme af med de 233 kg særligt affald:
Min fremhævning:
side 26
As a consequence of the decision taken by the Danish Parliament in 1985, there are, at present, no considerations or plans for taking any kind of nuclear reactors into operation in Denmark. Thus, there are no plans for siting, designing, constructing or operating spent fuel facilities or for systematic disposal of spent fuel. Spent fuel from the
research reactors DR 2 and DR 3 has been transferred to USA’s jurisdiction according to an agreement with the US Department of Energy.
The only exemption from this is the less than 1 kg of spent fuel from the research reactor DR 1 and about 233 kg of experimentally produced and irradiated spent fuel of power reactor type remaining from post-irradiation investigations in the former Hot Cells. This amount of spent fuel is stored under safe and secure conditions awaiting a decision on the final management. The storage does not give rise to any discharges of radioactive materials to the environment and hence no exposure of the public.
Finding a solution for the spent fuel was mentioned as a challenge in the 2009 Rapporteur's report for Denmark. Denmark has since the Third Review Meeting been searching for an international solution regarding the spent fuel in question, but until now this effort has proven unsuccessful. If an international solution cannot be found, the option for Denmark will be to dispose this spent fuel in the planned Danish repository for low and intermediate level waste. The spent fuel is therefore considered part of the overall waste volume, which is being taken into account in the planning for establishing a final repository for Danish low and intermediate level waste.
side 18
Finding a solution for the minimal amount of spent fuel was mentioned as a challenge in the 2006 Rapporteur's report for Denmark. Since the Second Review Meeting Denmark has been searching extensively for an international solution regarding the spent fuel in question, but until now this effort has been unsuccessful. If an international solution cannot be found, the option for Denmark will be to dispose this spent fuel in the coming Danish repository for low and intermediate level waste. The minimal amount of spent fuel is therefore part of the overall waste volume, which is taken into account in the planning for establishing a final repository for Danish low and intermediate level waste; see section H for further details.
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As reported in Section D and Annex A, 233 kg of experimentally produced and irradiated spent fuel is stored under safe and secure conditions at Risø awaiting a decision of final management.
Since the 233 kg contains a relatively large amount of long-lived isotopes, special requirements will be necessary for the disposal of this material. The policy in Denmark is presently to wait and see if it is possible to find an international solution in line with earlier solutions regarding spent fuel from the research reactors DR 2 and DR 3 at Risø.
No new development.