Characterization of conditioned nuclear waste for its safe disposal in Europe

Deliverables

Documents, reports (6)

Topical day on waste characterization

Topical day on waste characterization

Synthesis of commonly used methodology for conditioned radioactive characterization

Synthesis of commonly used methodology for conditioned radioactive characterization

Study of social and ethical aspects of innovative waste management

Study of social and ethical aspects of innovative waste management

Applicability of calorimetry to real waste characterization

Applicability of calorimetry to real waste characterization

End-User-Group Questionnaire

Questionnaire sent to the End-User Group members

Report on validation of transitions of rotation / vibration on HCl, specification and development of the equipment

Report on validation of transitions of rotation / vibration on HCl, specification and development of the equipment

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

Author(s): Michael Weekes, Ahmad Arheli, Dominic Barker, John Stowell, Lee Thompson, Anna Kopp, Jaap Velthuis, Daniel Kikola Mohammed Mhaidra
Published in: 47th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2021), 2021
Publisher: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

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

Author(s): Anna Kopp, Ahmad Alrheli, Daniel Kikoła, Mohammed Mhaidra, Patrick Stowell, Holger Tietze-Jaensch, Lee Thompson, Jaap Velthuis, Michael Weekes
Published in: ANIMMA 2019, 2020
Publisher: EPJ Web of Conferences
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202022506008

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

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

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

Author(s): H. Tietze-Jaensch, L. Frazao, I. Fast, and J. Velthuis
Published in: 44th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2018), 2018, ISBN 978-1-5108-6764-2
Publisher: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

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

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

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

Author(s): M. Mhaidra, A. Kopp, A. Alrheli, C. de Sio, D. Barker, P. Stowell, M. Weekes, M. Dobrowolska, D. Kikoła, L. Thompson, J. Velthuis
Published in: 47th Annual Waste Management Conference (WM2021), 2021
Publisher: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.

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

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

Peer reviewed articles (1)

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

Author(s): M. Dobrowolska, J. Velthuis, L. Frazão, D. Kikoła
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, 13/05, 2018, Page(s) P05015-P05015, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/13/05/p05015