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Activity name C14SPE: Investigations of C-14 speciation in decommissioning waste from BWR and PWR
NKS-B Research Area Measurement strategies, technology and quality assurance
Project summary

Two year project on C-14 speciation characterisation in decommissioning waste from Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) and Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR). First year focuses on assessment of available methods and method development for organic and inorganic C-14 analysis in solid decommissioning waste. An intercomparison exercise, in which 1 or 2 real samples (rubble, oxide layer), will be analysed in the second year. The C-14 analysis performances will be assessed as z scores. The activity results can be be directly utilised in long term safety analysis for the final repositories for radioactive waste in both Sweden and Finland.

Lead Organization VTT, Finland
Contact Person

Anumaija Leskinen: Anumaija.Leskinen@vtt.fi 

phone number: +358 405167338

 

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