PROJECT MODULES
- Module 2 -
Waste Canister Transfer and Emplacement Technology for Horizontal and Vertical Disposal Concepts
The challenge : design and construction of demonstrator prototype equipment for the remote controlled emplacement of irradiating waste canisters.
Although surface transportation of radioactive waste is a routine activity, transport in an underground environment raises novel issues:
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o during the transportation of the waste container and docking at the disposal
vaults
o during the transfer operations into the disposal cell
o and finally at the cell closure
General lay-out for a horizontal emplacement of waste canisters
A remote-controlled pushing robot (black arrow) is emplacing a waste canister while a shielding cask (in red) is insuring the radiological protection of workers present in the access drift
General lay-out for a vertical emplacement of waste canisters
Transfert cask (orange) removed from transport cart (blue) and rotated into vertical position above the borehole lock.
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