Waste, radioactive, classification
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Radioactive waste used to be classified in Germany
according to its dose rate as low active waste (LAW), medium active
waste (MAW) and high active waste (HAW:) This differentiation is still
valid in many countries. This classification, however, makes no sense
for safety-analytical considerations regarding ultimate waste disposal
since the dose rate is not decisive in this context. It is the radioactive
inventory and the heat generated during the radioactive decay process
that are important. These parameters are required for the emplacement
operation, for the technical design to control incidents and for the
post-operation phase of the repository. For geological reasons no considerable
temperature increases should occur in the planned "Konrad"
repository. Therefore, the temperature increase in the host rock of
the emplacement section has been limited to 3 kelvin. The admissible
heat output of a waste package results from this specification.
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11 - 15 March 2018
Munich, Germany
30 September - 04 October 2018
Prague, Czech Republic |
