Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository

Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy on aloittanut FiR 1 tutkimusreaktorin ja Otakaari 3 materiaalitutkimuslaboratorion käytöstäpoistoprojektin. Käytöstäpoiston yhteydessä syntyy ydinjätettä, jonka yksi mahdollinen loppusijoituspaikka on Fortum Power and Heat Oy:n omistama Loviisan voimalaitoksen loppu...

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Main Author: Pitkäoja, Juha
Other Authors: Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Sciences, Fysiikan laitos, Department of Physics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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description Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy on aloittanut FiR 1 tutkimusreaktorin ja Otakaari 3 materiaalitutkimuslaboratorion käytöstäpoistoprojektin. Käytöstäpoiston yhteydessä syntyy ydinjätettä, jonka yksi mahdollinen loppusijoituspaikka on Fortum Power and Heat Oy:n omistama Loviisan voimalaitoksen loppusijoituslaitos. Tämän työn on tarkoitus osoittaa, että VTT:n käytöstäpoistojätteiden loppusijoitus Loviisaan ei aiheuta merkittävää kasvua Loviisan voimalaitoksen omista jätteistä tuleviin vuotuisiin säteilyannoksiin. Pitkäaikaisturvallisuusanalyysi vaatii, että loppusijoitusjärjestelmän ja jätteiden kehitys tarkastelujakson aikana on mallinnettava matemaattisesti, ja tähän käytettiin Ecolego -mallinnusohjelmistoa. Jätteiden loppusijoitukseen on valittu kaksi mahdollista jätetilaa, jotka ovat huoltojätetila 2 (MWH2) ja käytöstäpoistojätetila 1 (DWH1). Suurimmat annos- ja päästönopeudet saatiin DWH1-jätetilan referenssilaskentata pauksesta, joiden arvot olivat 0.713 μSv/a ja 0.00132. MWH2-jätetilan tulokset olivat matalammat. Kaikki tulokset olivat alle 2 % viranomaisten asettamista raja-arvoista. VTT:n käytöstäpoistojätteiden vaikutus verrattuna Loviisan voimalaitoksen jätteistä aiheutuviin annos- ja päästö nopeuksiin on pieni, joten pitkäaikaisturvallisuuden kannalta loppusijoittamiselle ei ole esteitä. Tämän työn tarkoitus on myös tunnistaa epävarmuustekijöitä jätteiden lähtötiedoissa, jotka saattavat tarvita lisätutkimusta. Tällaisia epävarmuustekijöitä ovat muun muassa hiili-14:sta vapautuminen grafiittijätteestä, Otakaari 3 materiaalitutkimus- laboratorion aktiivisuusinventaari ja Fluentaalin ominaisuudet. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has initiated the decommissioning process of FiR 1 research reactor and Otakaari 3 material research laboratory. The processes generate nuclear waste and one possible disposal location of the waste is Loviisa LILW repository owned by Fortum Power and Heat Oy. The purpose of this work is to show that the disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes into the Loviisa LILW repository does not cause a significant increase in the annual dose rate caused by the waste originating from Loviisa NPP. The radionuclide release from VTT’s decommissioning waste and their transport in the disposal system over the assessment period of 100 000 years have been modelled with Ecolego modelling software. Two waste caverns were considered as potential disposal caverns: maintenance waste hall 2 (MWH2) and decommissioning waste hall 1 (DWH1). The highest annual dose rate and normalized release rate (ratio between releases into surface environment divided with respective regulatory constraints) were calculated from the reference case of DWH1 with the values of 0.713 μSv/a and 0.00132 respectively and the results for the reference case of MWH2 were lower. The results remained below 2 % of the constraints. Therefore, VTT’s decommissioning wastes contribute only slightly to the doses and releases caused by Loviisa NPP’s own waste, thus the disposal can be carried out safely from the perspective of the long-term safety. One purpose of this work was also to identify uncertainties relating to the decommissioning wastes, possibly requiring additional research. Such uncertainties are the release of C-14 from graphite waste, the activity inventory of OK3 and the properties of Fluental.
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title Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository
title_full Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository
title_fullStr Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository
title_full_unstemmed Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository
title_short Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository
title_sort long term safety assessment for disposal of vtt s decommissioning wastes in loviisa lilw repository
title_txtP Long-term safety assessment for disposal of VTT’s decommissioning wastes in Loviisa LILW repository
topic VTT FiR 1 fortum long-term safety graphite chemical toxicity Fysiikka Physics 4021 ydinvoimalat radioaktiivisuus käytöstä poistaminen ydinreaktorit ydinjätteet nuclear power plants radioactivity decommissioning nuclear reactors nuclear waste
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