Pages: 59 - 64

Author: Josef NEUBAUER

Abstract

At the Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf, there are several facilities installed for treatment of waste of low and intermediate radioactivity level (radwaste). A separate company within Centers, Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf, has been formed recently, acting as a centralized facility for treatment, conditioning and storing of such waste within the country. The relevant treatment technology is applied depending on the waste category. In total about 6900 m³ of solid waste of low and intermediate radioactivity level originating from Austria was treated in the period between 1976 and 2002. Presently, there exists no final repository for radwaste in Austria. A study is under way to identify the structure for a long term storage facility.

Key words: radioactive waste, water treatment facility, incinerator, high force compactor, cementation equipment, interim storage facility

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