DETERMINATION AND CONTROL OF ACTIVITY IN RADIOACTIVE WASTE AS PART OF PRODUCT CONTROL

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FI1W0227

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1989

End date 31 July 1990

Funded under

• Research and development programme (Euratom) on the management and storage of radioactive waste, 1985-1989

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Battelle-Institut eV
Germany

Objective

The objective of the project was to evaluate the potential and the limits of various nondestructive methods for testing the contents of 200 l drums filled with radioactive waste. The following test problems were to be studied: detection of free water on the surface of the waste matrix (concrete); determination of the waste matrix level; determination of internal gas pressure.

The following methods were found to be suitable. For detection of free water: measurement of Lamb wave attenuation; acoustic impedance measurement (AIM); and analysis of swash sound. For determination of the waste matrix level: acoustic impedance measurement (AIM); and measurement of Lamb wave attenuation. For determination of internal gas pressure: a method of pressure compensation; and analysis of cover resonances after striking the cover. It was not possible, however, to detect the concrete level by localization of friction points using acoustic emission methods.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › nuclear engineering › nuclear waste management
• natural sciences › physical sciences › acoustics

Programme(s)

• FP1-RADWASTOM 3C - Research and development programme (Euratom) on the management and storage of radioactive waste, 1985-1989

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Battelle-Institut eV

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Am Römerhof 35 ; 60486 Frankfurt am Main ; Germany
• Total cost: No data