TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing the value of thermal treatment technologies
AU - Fuller, A. J.
AU - Doudou, S.
AU - Kent, J. E.
AU - Harvey, E. J.
AU - Wickham, S. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This project has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 755480. This paper reflects the authors’ views and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of it.
Funding Information:
The thermal treatment for radioactive waste minimisation and hazard reduction (THERAMIN) project is a European Commission (EC) programme of work jointly funded by the Horizon 2020 Euratom research and innovation programme and European nuclear waste management organisations (WMOs). Within the wider project, work package 2 (WP2) has undertaken a strategic review of radioactive waste streams, which could potentially benefit from thermal treatment. This work included assessing the value of thermal technologies when used to treat various waste streams.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/22
Y1 - 2020/4/22
N2 - Work Package 2 of the THERAMIN project provides a framework to support decision making on the potential use of thermal technologies to treat various radioactive wastes. To do this, a methodology based on multi-attribute decision analysis has been devised to identify the benefits of applying thermal treatment techniques to a range of radioactive waste streams. The value assessment methodology used in THERAMIN follows an attribute-based approach with the potential benefits of the treatment technology assessed against different criteria, considering performance over the whole waste management lifecycle, from pre-treatment through to final disposal. The attribute groups considered are: operational safety, environmental impact, impact on disposability/long term safety, implementation, timescale, technical readiness, and cost impact. To guide the decision maker, each attribute in split into data categories (sub-criteria) and a summary of topics to be considered under each attribute is provided. The assessment attributes have been compiled by drawing on knowledge from across the THERAMIN partner organisations to make them as comprehensive as possible. Consideration is given to the whole of the waste lifecycle and to different European regulatory contexts.
AB - Work Package 2 of the THERAMIN project provides a framework to support decision making on the potential use of thermal technologies to treat various radioactive wastes. To do this, a methodology based on multi-attribute decision analysis has been devised to identify the benefits of applying thermal treatment techniques to a range of radioactive waste streams. The value assessment methodology used in THERAMIN follows an attribute-based approach with the potential benefits of the treatment technology assessed against different criteria, considering performance over the whole waste management lifecycle, from pre-treatment through to final disposal. The attribute groups considered are: operational safety, environmental impact, impact on disposability/long term safety, implementation, timescale, technical readiness, and cost impact. To guide the decision maker, each attribute in split into data categories (sub-criteria) and a summary of topics to be considered under each attribute is provided. The assessment attributes have been compiled by drawing on knowledge from across the THERAMIN partner organisations to make them as comprehensive as possible. Consideration is given to the whole of the waste lifecycle and to different European regulatory contexts.
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/818/1/012003
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/818/1/012003
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85084157895
VL - 818
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
SN - 1757-8981
IS - 1
M1 - 012003
Y2 - 4 February 2020 through 5 February 2020
ER -