TÜV NORD has more than 30 years of experience in waste management and was involved in the licensing process of interim storage facilities and the final repository right from the beginning.
Dry HLW/SNF-Storage has demonstrated safe and reliable operation for more than 20 years in Germany whether centralized or on-site.
Safety assessments for interim storage facilities are sometimes challenging and have to consider site specific conditions.
The review of all safety analyses for shielding, subcriticality, heat removal and safe enclosure has been performed by TÜV NORD and BAM for more than 30 years.
TÜV NORD focuses on storage site and buildings, nuclear inventory including shielding, heat removal, external impacts and subcriticality.
- Engineering consultant attending to nuclear waste management, dry storage of spent nuclear fuel and HLW.
- Advise in all technical issues concerning radioactive waste and expertise to check or evaluate nuclear issues.
- Cooperation of two independent and experienced institutions in the field of transport and storage of spent nuclear fuel and HLW.
- Long term experience at disposal for international projects.
TÜV NORD Nuclear experts review the documentation for waste packages, which have to meet the acceptance criteria for safe interim and final waste storage. The range of the TÜV NORD Nuclear services in the field of radioactive waste conditioning includes the following issues:
Our services
- Handling and conditioning of radioactive residues and waste
- Properties of radioactive residues and waste
- Interim and final storage of radioactive waste
- Radioactive waste documentation
- Handling and conditioning of radioactive residues and waste
- Properties of radioactive residues and waste
- Interim and final storage of radioactive waste
- Radioactive waste documentation