French Innovative Processes in the Field of Thermal TreatmentFor Decommissioning and Legacy Waste

C. Girold (1) , S. Francois (1) , L. Petit (2, 1) , S. Catherin (2, 3) , T. Prevost (2, 4) , E. Fourcy (2, 4) , G. Lecomte (2, 5) , A. Viand (2, 6)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)
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3 ANDRA - Agence Nationale pour la Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs
4 AREVA NC
5 ECM Technologies
6 A3I

In order to optimize decommissioning waste management and better anticipate related issues, French nuclear waste producers CEA and AREVA, and the French Agency in charge of radioactive waste disposal (ANDRA) have decided to collectively develop technologies mastering costs, schedules and dose uptake as well as optimizing waste volumes and repository safety. In this context, several innovative projects have emerged over the past few years to develop specific thermal treatment processes. This paper focus on four new processes, presenting their goals, technical descriptions and first experimental results.

Keywords: Innovative thermal process; waste treatment

Domains: Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

C. Girold, S. Francois, L. Petit, S. Catherin, T. Prevost, et al.. French Innovative Processes in the Field of Thermal TreatmentFor Decommissioning and Legacy Waste. Waste Management 2018, Mar 2018, Phoenix, United States. ⟨cea-02339255⟩