Objective
The main objectives of the "Spent fuel Performance Assessment"(SPA) project are:
- to review policies, packaging plans and repository designs for spent fuel disposal in clay, crystalline rock and salt formations;
- to develop data bases and models to estimate the amount and release of radioactive substances from the different parts of spent fuel assemblies;
- to develop models for the simulation of processes in the near-field of the spent fuel repository;
- to evaluate the performance and safety of different disposal concepts by carrying out total system performance analyses on spent fuel disposal in clay, crystalline rock and salt formations.
On the basis of the performance analyses, conclusions are drawn concerning the feasability of the spent fuel disposal concepts evaluated and the performance of alternative canister and repository designs. General recommendations are derived for the locating and layout of a spent fuel repository in clay, crystalline rock and salt formations. Subjects deserving further studies and potential areas for co-operation among organizations studying, planning and regulating spent fuel disposal in the EU member countries will be discussed.
The partners of the joint proposal are national research institutions representing implementing and regulating organizations of nuclear waste management in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany,Netherlands and Spain. The joint work will bring along sharing of the experiences, assessment tools and data bases in use and under development in the national programmes having different angles and solution plans for the problem of the spent fuel management. Harmonization of the assessment methodologies and practices will benefit all member countries tackling with the management and disposal of spent fuel and other types of high-level radioactive waste.
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Coordinator
92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses
France
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