System Study: Radioactive Wastes in the Federal Republic of Germany. SRA 1, Accumulation of Radioactive Wastes in the Federal Republic of Germany

摘要

The developmental buildup of nuclear power plants as well as plants for reprocessing and for the other fuel cycle in Germany may be derived from the planned nuclear energy growth program. An average growth rate of installed nuclear power plant capacity from 1975 to 2000 was determined using the well-known buildup programs and most recent forecast data. The development of the large-scale research centers, industrial research, land collecting points and isotope technology cannot be directly derived from the nuclear energy buildup program and was therefore estimated on a separate basis. The plant-specific radioactive waste data from waste causing agencies were established for determining waste volume. A waste catalog was introduced for this arrangement thereby enabling a comprehensive and comparable depiction of the waste volume in Germany. The total accumulation of radioactive wastes in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1975 to 1990 was estimated together with the plant-specific wastes. The wastes from the nuclear power plants are essentially from quantity viewpoint more important than those of the reprocessing plants. However, seen from the radiological properties standpoint, almost all activity released in nuclear technology is contained in the reprocessing wastes. (ERA citation 02:058507)