Assuring Compliance with Waste Acceptance Requirements Federal Office

Assuring Compliance with Waste Acceptance Requirements Federal Office for Radiation Protection Department SE Safety of Nuclear Waste Management Section SE 3. 1 Waste Package Quality Control Stefan Steyer Waste Acceptance Criteria for Disposal of Very Low, Low and Intermediate Level Waste 30 September 2010, Peine, Germany 1

Waste Acceptance Requirements and Quality Control Safety Analyses Waste Acceptance Requirements Model Data Quality Control 2

Quality Control Measures for Radioactive Waste Packages – Process Qualification with Accompanying Inspections – Spot Checking of Legacy Waste – Type Checking of Containers 3

M an u al Process Qualification 4

Spot Checking of Legacy Waste 0. 5 to 12 % 5

Process Qualification versus Spot Checking Process Qualification: – Handbook or Spot Checking: – Applicable to Legacy Waste Process Control Quality Plan – Statement on the Suitability of the Process – Checking of 0. 5 to 12 % of the Waste Products – Accompanying Inspections Mandatory according to § 74 Radiation Protection Ordinance 7

Type Testing of Containers – Production of Containers including QA Measures – Prototype Test – Assessment of the Application Documents (Construction Drawings, Parts Lists), Results of the Prototype Test and the QA Measures – Supervision of the Container Production 8

Prototype Test • Stacking Test (6 m) -> Stackability • Lifting Test -> Handling • Drop Test 0. 8 m (4 m/s) • Drop Test 5 m • Thermal Test (1 h at 800 °C) 9

Drop Test 5 m 10

Thermal Test (1 h at 800 °C) 11

Thank You for Your Attention 12