The narrow office corridor was crowded when a group of members from the Danish Society of Engineers visited DD for a tour. From the corridor, which previously housed DTU employees, there is a good view of the work area in front of the Hot Cells....
After two years at Swedish Studsvik, the contents of eight containers of low-level waste have been transformed into ash and slag in eight drums.
Following several years of planning and preparatory work, the highly radioactively contaminated Hot Cells are now undergoing decontamination.
The autumn-chilled air was tinged with a certain melancholy as the DR 3 model was carried outside. It was one of the Risø artifacts that the Steno Museum collected last Friday to preserve them for posterity.
The first shipment of the many specially designed steel containers, to be supplied by Bladt Industries, has now arrived at DD. Four so-called 'moon containers' were included in the shipment.
The Government has taken a position on the long-term solution for radioactive waste and has today informed the education and research spokespersons of the political parties about which proposed solution the Government wishes to pursue political negotiations on.
The annual event, where Danish Decommissioning's employees engage in a shared activity, was this time conducted in surroundings that were both familiar and novel.
Danish Decommissioning enters into a significant contract with Bladt Industries A/S for the supply of custom-made steel containers for radioactive waste.
In a narrow and labyrinthine basement beneath the Hot Cells, a continuous and rapid hammering sound can be heard these days. A couple of DD's employees are in the process of cutting up two old tanks.
Valuable advice and useful knowledge were exchanged when Danish Decommissioning hosted the semi-annual international TAG conference last week, in collaboration with Barsebäck Kraft AB.