30 Sep International Expertise for Long-Term Solution
An international professional group must advise Denmark in relation to a possible intermediate storage facility solution.
An international professional group must advise Denmark in relation to a possible intermediate storage facility solution.
On August 25th, the Contact Forum, established with representatives from key stakeholders, held its second meeting concerning a long-term solution for Denmark's radioactive waste.
COWI A/S has now submitted the report "Safety, Economics, and Operation for a Danish Interim Storage Facility Solution for Radioactive Waste".
It is the last day before the holiday – and a somewhat melancholic time for laundry assistants Jette Danielsen and Winnie Andersen. Danish Decommissioning is an organisation that will gradually decommission itself, and this also applies to the laundry facility. After the holiday, Jette Danielsen will be solely responsible for managing colleagues' workwear.
An ingenious, self-propelled lifting gantry has, over the past week, removed five partition walls from the so-called Hot Cells. This marked the commencement of the next phase in the complex project.
A significant part of the work involved in dismantling the old nuclear facilities is the packaging of radioactive waste into containers. Optimal utilization of space within each container is crucial, requiring both ingenuity and meticulous planning to complete this intricate task.
Who will manage Denmark's radioactive waste? This question is posed by Roskilde Municipality in a debate at the Democracy Festival, with DD providing factual information.
At the waste treatment plant, a loud hum that required earplugs has been replaced by a gentler buzz. And a chapter in Risø's history has just closed.
Over the past six months, a team of employees has been engaged in dismantling a storage block situated close to the old DR 3 reactor. The team must experiment to identify the most effective methods.
Read about the initiatives and results DD in 2015 in relation to both the physical and psychological work environment.