In 2013, super-compaction activities were implemented on the previous waste stored in 220-litres steel tanks (containing asbestos).
In 2016, repackaging activities of previous waste stored in various kinds of tanks (called “matrioske”) were completed.
The waste that has already been conditioned and the waste which will be later treated and conditioned, are stored in two interim storage facilities and in a temporary buffer (Test Tank). The latter contains the radioactive waste previously stored in the interim storage facility D2, which needs to be adapted to new safety standards. The Test Tank hosts 300 overpacks, resulted from the super-compaction of about 1,500 tanks containing low activity previous waste.
Interim storage facility n. 1 of low-level solid waste:
- Volume of the storage area: 6,500 cubic metres
- Maximum storage capacity: 3,800 cubic metres
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- Surface: 1,000 square metre
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- ype of stored waste: Low Level / Intermediate level waste
Repository n. 2 of low-level solid waste:
- Volume of the storage area: 4.320 cubic metres
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- mount of stored waste: 298 cubic met
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- Surface: 779 square me
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- Type of stored waste: Low Level waste
Temporary Buffer Repository (Test Tank):
- Volume of the storage area: 913 cubic metres
- Maximum storage capacity: 765 cubic metres
- Amount of stored waste: 127 cubic metres
- Surface: 88 squaremetres
- Type of stored waste: Low Level waste
Recovery of materials from the dismantling operations
Part of the materials resulted from the dismantling of Reactor Building, Auxiliary Building and Radioactive Effluents’ Treatment Facility are conventional waste; this type of waste undergoes radiological tests and, after being proved releasable, it is removed from the site to be recovered and recycled. This waste includes, for example, ferrous materials (pipes, valves, components and dismantled electromechanical devices) and concrete, materials that are later reused for other productive cycles, thus reducing the waste produced by decommissioning.