PRE-DISposal management of radioactive waste
SHORT DESCRIPTION
For radioactive waste to be safely disposed of, certain requirements need to be met for its management prior to disposal. With this in mind, the EU-funded PREDIS project aims to develop and carry out activities for the pre-disposal treatment of radioactive waste – not including nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. To this end, it will advance treatment and conditioning methodologies for waste for which no adequate or industrially mature solutions currently exist. It will also test and assess innovations in cemented waste handling and pre-disposal storage. The tools produced by the project will guide decision making on the developed technologies and their impact on waste management and disposal.
Member States will profit from measurable benefits including the further development and increase in Technological Readiness Level of treatment and conditioning methodologies for wastes for which no adequate or industrially mature solutions are currently available, including metallic material (WP4), liquid organic waste (WP5) and solid organic waste (WP6), and by testing and evaluating innovations in cemented waste handling and pre-disposal storage (WP7). These technical Work Packages align with priorities formulated within the Roadmap Theme 2 of EURAD and with those identified by the project’s industrial End Users Group (EUG), and follow the 50% co-funding principle. Furthermore, PREDIS will produce tools guiding decision-making on the added value of the developed technologies and their impact on the design, safety and economics of waste management and disposal (WP2).
Project beneficiaries from Ukraine:
- NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
- INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE
Project coordinator:
- TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (FINLAND)
Project description on EU web-site: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/945098
