LONG-TERM INTERIM STORAGE IN GERMANY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WASTE PACKAGES WITH LOW AND INTERMEDIATE WASTE AND THEIR CONVERSION RELATED TO PRACTICE

摘要

In Germany the supervision of the storage of radioactive waste is subject to state and federal authorities and is regulated by laws and guidelines for the protection of human health and environment.The storage of low and intermediate waste is based on the waste acceptance requirements for the Konrad repository(a former iron ore mine)as well as for existing interim storage facilities.The implementation of posed safety requirements for waste packages is supervised on behalf of the relevant authorities by independent associations of technical experts. On the basis of examples specific waste product and container characteristics are given from a regulatory viewpoint,which are necessary to meet safety requirements for waste packages with low and intermediate wastes taking into account long-term interim storage and the state of the art for conditioning and disposing radioactive wastes.