Safety case implications will also be assessed through the study of the disposability of thermally treated waste products. This paper will communicate the strategic aims of the ongoing project and highlight some key findings and results achieved to date. | Thermal treatment for radioactive waste minimisation EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. 6 25 2020 Nuclear Sciences M. Nieminen et al. published by EDP Sciences 2020 amp Technologies https epjn 2019040 Available online at https REVIEW ARTICLE Thermal treatment for radioactive waste minimisation Matti Nieminen1 Markus Olin1 Jaana Laatikainen-Luntama1 Stephen M. Wickham2 Slimane Doudou2 Adam J. Fuller2 Jenny Kent2 Maxime Fournier3 Sean Clarke4 Charlie Scales4 Neil C. Hyatt5 Sam A. Walling5 Laura J. Gardner5 Stephane Catherin6 and Benjamin Frasca6 1 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd Tietotie 4C 02044 VTT Espoo Finland 2 Galson Sciences Ltd 5 Grosvenor House Melton Road Oakham Rutland LE15 6AX UK 3 CEA DEN DE2D SEVT 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze France 4 National Nuclear Laboratory Sellafield Seascale CA20 1PG UK 5 Department of Materials Science amp Engineering The University of Sheffield Mappin Street Sheffield S1 3JD UK 6 Waste Packages and Material Department R amp D Division Andra 1-7 rue Jean Monnet 92298 Châtenay-Malabry cedex France Received 12 March 2019 Accepted 18 September 2019 Abstract. Safe management of radioactive waste is challenging to waste producers and waste management organisations. Deployment of thermal treatment technologies can provide significant improvements volume reduction waste passivation organics destruction safety demonstration facilitation etc. The EC-funded THERAMIN project enables an EU-wide strategic review and assessment of the value of thermal treatment technologies applicable to Low and Intermediate Level waste streams ion exchange media soft operational waste sludges organic waste and liquids . THERAMIN compiles an EU-wide database of wastes which could be treated by thermal technologies and documents available thermal technologies. Applicability and benefits of technologies to the identified waste streams will be evaluated through full-scale demonstration tests by project partners. Safety case implications .
