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REACTOR OPERATION
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THE KEY REACTOR COMPONENTS (KRC) PROGRAMME
The aim of the KRC programme is to ensure the upgrade and maintenance of the reactor’s most important components, thus guaranteeing the reliability of reactor operations for the future. The main components concerned are the cold neutron sources, the fire protection equipment and the physical protection equipment.
RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND EFFLUENTS
The ILL’s activities in 2019 generated waste and effluents in respect of the regulatory limits applicable to our installation, as follows:
Evacuation of radioactive waste
Quantity
Decay bin (60 L)*
0
5 m3 pre-concreted crate (low- and intermediate-level waste)
0
5 m3 crate (low- and intermediate-level waste)
3
HDPE 200 L drums of ‘incinerable’ waste
0
HDPE 120 L drums of ‘incinerable’ waste
0
HDPE 120 L drums (laboratory waste)
8
30 L cylinders (liquid)
1
Radioactive liquid effluents from the reactor
30.7 m3
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*The decay bins contain very active waste. They will be transferred to ANDRA’s new storage centre CIGEO as soon as it becomes available, after an interim period in special storage.
Gaseous effluents
Released in 2019 (TBq)
Tritium
5.8
Rare gas
0.76
Carbon-14
0.066
Iodine
0.00000069
Aerosols
0.00000017
Liquid effluents
Released in 2019 (TBq)
Tritium
0.053
Carbon-14
0.00013
Iodine
0.00000023
Other activation products
0.000047
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