Characterization of conditioned nuclear waste for its safe disposal in Europe

Informations projet

CHANCE

N° de convention de subvention: 755371

DOI

10.3030/755371

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 19 Mai 2017

Date de début 1 Juin 2017

Date de fin 31 Mars 2022

Financé au titre de

• Euratom

Coût total

€ 4 269 849,91

Contribution de l’UE

€ 3 982 603,50

Coordonné par

AGENCE NATIONALE POUR LA GESTION DES DECHETS RADIOACTIFS
France

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Livrables

Documents, reports (21)

Topical day on waste characterization
Report on study of the release behaviour of radiocarbon from irradiated graphite waste using CRDS
R&D requests in the field of conditioned radioactive characterization

RD requests in the field of conditioned radioactive characterization

Report on experimental validation of the transitions with 36Cl standards and detection limit
CHANCE synthesis
Conclusion of the exhaustive study of uncertainties related to NDA characterization methods in conjunction with calorimetry
Synthesis of commonly used methodology for conditioned radioactive characterization
Study of social and ethical aspects of innovative waste management
Report detailing the performance of the detector system
WP4 Final report
Report on the performance of the system reconstructing known blocks of material
Report on study of the release behaviour of radiocarbon from another type of waste
Communication and dissemination action plan - final version

Communication and dissemination action plan final version

Applicability of calorimetry to real waste characterization
End-User-Group Questionnaire

Questionnaire sent to the End-User Group members

Results of experimental investigation of calorimetry applicability
Report on validation of transitions of rotation / vibration on HCl, specification and development of the equipment
Report on validation of CRDS for radiocarbon detection performances with liquid scintillation counting techniques
Practical training course on instruments and techniques developed within CHANCE
Report on laboratory tests of the equipment on graphite samples and comparison of CRDS performances with IRMS and LSC measurement

Report on the prospects of CRDS for HCl36 outgasing monitoring

Report on the tuned algorithms and their performance

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website

Setting up a website with a public and restricted domain

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Calorimeter prototype

Calorimeter prototype available

Publications

Conference proceedings (7)

Material Identification of Bodies Stored in Nuclear Waste Drums using Muon Scattering Tomography and Machine Learning

Auteurs: Michael Weekes, Ahmad Arheli, Dominic Barker, John Stowell, Lee Thompson, Anna Kopp, Jaap Velthuis, Daniel Kikola Mohammed Mhaidra
Publié dans: 47th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2021), 2021
Éditeur: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

Non-destructive assay of nuclear waste containers using muon scattering tomography in the Horizon2020 CHANCE project

Auteurs: Anna Kopp, Ahmad Alrheli, Daniel Kikoła, Mohammed Mhaidra, Patrick Stowell, Holger Tietze-Jaensch, Lee Thompson, Jaap Velthuis, Michael Weekes
Publié dans: ANIMMA 2019, 2020
Éditeur: EPJ Web of Conferences
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202022506008

A Muon Scattering Tomography Method for Verification of Fuel Assemblies stored in V/52 CASTOR

Auteurs: Ahmad Alrheli, Anna Kopp, Daniel Kikola, Chiara De Sio, Dominic Barker, Mohammed Mhaidra, Patrick Stowell, Lee F. Thompson, Jaap Velthuis, Michael Weekes
Publié dans: 47th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2021), 2021
Éditeur: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

Numerical Assessment of SNF Parameter Bandwidths and Muon Tomography Assay for Large Volume Casks

Auteurs: H. Tietze-Jaensch, L. Frazao, I. Fast, and J. Velthuis
Publié dans: 44th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2018), 2018, ISBN 978-1-5108-6764-2
Éditeur: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

Measurement of Gas Bubbles Encased in Bitumen Nuclear Waste Drums with Muon Scattering Tomography

Auteurs: L. Frazao, M. Dobrowolska, A. C. Poole, D. Kikola, H. Tietze-Jaensch and J. Velthuis
Publié dans: 44th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2018), 2019, ISBN 978-1-5108-6764-2
Éditeur: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

A robust method to find gas bubbles inside large nuclear waste containers using Muon Tomography

Auteurs: M. Mhaidra, A. Kopp, A. Alrheli, C. de Sio, D. Barker, P. Stowell, M. Weekes, M. Dobrowolska, D. Kikoła, L. Thompson, J. Velthuis
Publié dans: 47th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2021), 2021
Éditeur: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

Figures of Merit for the Application of Muon Tomography to the Characterization of Nuclear Waste Drums

Auteurs: Patrick Stowell , Ahmad Alrheli , Daniel Kikola, Anna Kopp, Holger Tietze-Jaensch, Mohammed Mhaidra, Lee Thompson, Elie Valcke, Jaap Velthuis, Michael Weekes
Publié dans: 45th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2019), 2019
Éditeur: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

Peer reviewed articles (1)

A novel technique for finding gas bubbles in the nuclear waste containers using Muon Scattering Tomography

Auteurs: M. Dobrowolska, J. Velthuis, L. Frazão, D. Kikoła
Publié dans: Journal of Instrumentation, Numéro 13/05, 2018, Page(s) P05015-P05015, ISSN 1748-0221
Éditeur: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/13/05/p05015