Treatment of Irradiated Graphite – ‘From Core to Capture’
Lead Participant:
BRADTEC DECON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Abstract
Irradiated graphite is one of the key challenges in decommissioning and radioactive waste management of UK and international legacy nuclear facilities. Graphite is a very bulky form of radioactive waste which is difficult to remove from the reactor core at the end of life. If it is removed from the core it represents a large, and hence expensive, waste stream for storage and subsequent burial. This disadvantage has led to the current strategy of leaving graphite "in-situ" in shut down reactors until waste facilities become available. This proposal relates to the underpinning and continued developemnt a new and innovative method of graphite management which would convert the graphite to carbon dioxide gas which could then be incorporated in a carbon capture and storage scheme. The small residue containing the majority of the radioactivity would be treated conventionally.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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BRADTEC DECON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | £500,582 | £ 250,000 |
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Participant |
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ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED | £192,336 | £ 50,000 |
STUDSVIK UK LTD | £277,990 | £ 138,500 |
COSTAIN OIL, GAS & PROCESS LIMITED | £211,317 | £ 105,761 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | £398,882 | £ 398,882 |
INNOVATE UK |
People |
ORCID iD |
Jon Goodwin (Project Manager) |