Stand und Perspektiven der Stilliegung der Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Karlsruhe (WAK) Neustrukturierung des Projektes

摘要

Following the decision of the utilities to refrain from building the industrial reprocessing plant in Wackersdorf, the prototype reprocessing plant in Karlsruhe (WAK) was shut down in 1991. To date, the installations of the main process building have been removed partly remotely and transferred to the Research Center's Central Decontamination Department (HDB) for waste treatment. The facility for the vitrification (VEK) of the high-active fission product solution (HAWC) presently is in the state of cold commissioning. A concept for subsequent dismantling of the HAWC storage areas and the VEK has been submitted and approved of in parts. The parties of the decommissioning agreement concluded in 1991 (Federal Republic of Germany, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DWK, WAK) have decided to restructure the project with a view to minimize interfaces. The Energiewerke Nord (EWN, energy company of Northern Germany), a state-owned company, has become the new partner of the WAK GmbH instead of the DWK, a subsidiary of the utilities. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe has transferred its responsibility for the project to the WAK GmbH. With EWN being the new partner, the scheduling and cost plans made so far are revised and technical dismantling steps are reevaluated.