The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd Fuel Plant (PFP) radioactive waste management plan caters for waste from generation, processing through storage and possible disposal. Generally, the amount of waste that will be generated from the PFP is Low and Intermediate Level Waste. The waste management plan outlines all waste streams and the management options for each stream. It also discusses how the Plant has been designed to ensure radioactive waste minimisation through recycling, recovery, reuse, treatment before considering disposal. Compliance to the proposed plan will ensure compliance with national legislative requirements and international good practice. The national and the overall waste management objective is to ensure that all PFP wastes are managed appropriately by capitalising on processes that minimise, reduce, recover and recycle without exposing employees, the public and the environment to unmitigated impacts. Both International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) principles act as a guide in the development of the strategy in order to ensure international best practice, legal compliance and ensuring that the impact of waste on employees, environment and the public is as low as reasonably achievable. The radioactive waste classification system stipulated in the Radioactive Waste Management Policy and Strategy 2005 will play an important role in classifying radioactive waste and ensuring that effective management is implemented for all waste streams be it gaseous, liquid or solid waste.
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Fourth International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology
September 28–October 1, 2008
Washington, DC, USA
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978-0-7918-4855-5
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Radioactive Waste Management Plan for PMBR (Pty) Ltd Fuel Plant
Mosidi E. Makgae
Mosidi E. Makgae
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty.) Ltd., Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
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Mosidi E. Makgae
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty.) Ltd., Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
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HTR2008-58247, pp. 669-675; 7 pages
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July 1, 2009
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Makgae, ME. "Radioactive Waste Management Plan for PMBR (Pty) Ltd Fuel Plant." Proceedings of the Fourth International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology. Fourth International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology, Volume 2. Washington, DC, USA. September 28–October 1, 2008. pp. 669-675. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HTR2008-58247
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