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Projects

An extract from our list of previous projects is shown below.
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Fundamental Research and Development Work as the Basis for Legal Regulations for Decommissioning and Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities at National and International Level:

  • Various Fundamental Investigations Concerning Decommissioning and Dismantling of Nuclear Facilities
    (German Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bonn and Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • License-relevant aspects of the post-operational phase of nuclear installations
    (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Fundamental Evaluation for the Design and Formulation of a Guideline for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Derivation of Mass-Specific Clearance Levels for Materials with Residual Activity
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Derivation of Clearance Levels for Conventional Disposal of Materials with Residual Activity
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Derivation of Surface-Specific Clearance Levels and Procedures
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Conservativity Analyses of Clearance Levels for Materials with Residual Activity
    (German Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Derivation of area-related Clearance Levels for the Release of metallic Residual Materials
    (European Commission, DG XI)
  • Derivation of Clearance Levels for the Release of Buildings and Building Rubble
    (European Commission, DG XI)
  • Derivation of Clearance Levels for unrestricted Clearance
    (European Commission, DG XI)
  • Assessment of Collective Doses from Clearance in Germany
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Derivation of Clearance Levels for Clearance of Waste for Disposal – as replacement for the current clearance levels in Annex III Table 1 Col. 9 Radiation Protection Ordinance (2001)
    (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety/Federal Office for Radiation Protection,
    Bonn/Berlin)
  • Overview of Decommissioning and Dismantling of Nuclear Installations in Germany
    (German Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Assessment of the Radiological Consequences of Scrap Contaminations due to Natural and Anthropogenic Radioactivity
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Cooperation and Overall Editing in the Preparation of the Report of the Federal Republic of Germany within the Framework of the “Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management”
    (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn/Berlin)
  • Seminars on the radiological Evaluation of Contaminations in Scrap as well as on the administrative Handling of such Contamination

Further R+D Projects:

  • Development of a mobile Sorting Device for Separating Clearable Parts of Building Rubble from Radioactive Waste
    (German Federal Ministry for Research and Education, combined project)
  • Investigation of the Penetration Behaviour of Radionuclides in Concrete Surfaces and of the Release Mechanism of Activity from Concrete Rubble or Blocks
    (German Federal Ministry for Research and Education, combined project)
  • Participation in the DeSa Programme of the IAEA as Chairman of the Graded Approach Working Group
    (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety / Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH)
  • Development of Radiologically Founded Limit Values for the Non-Fixed Contamination on Transport Containers
    (GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklearservice mbH)
  • Investigation of “Best Practices” for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations
    (European Commission, DG TREN)

Safety reports on decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities in accordance with Section 20 of the Atomic Energy Act on behalf of the licensing authorities:

  • Legally Binding Expertise on the Decommissioning of the Nuclear Pebble Bed Reactor AVR
    (Ministry of Economy, Small Business and Technology of the Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia, Düsseldorf)
  • Legally Binding Expertise on the Decommissioning of the Nuclear Pebble Bed Reactor THTR
    (Ministry of Economy, Small Business and Technology of the Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia, Düsseldorf)
  • Legally Binding Expertise on the Clearance of Residues and Waste as well as Site Areas from Nuclear Facilities
    (Ministry of the Environment of the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin)
  • Legally Binding Expertise on the Clearance of Buildings, Building Rubble and Sites of Fuel Element Facilities
    (Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Fareast of the Federal State of Hesse, Wiesbaden)
  • Numerous Legally Binding Expertises on the Close-out and Remediation of the WISMUT Uranium Mining and Milling Sites (cf. area of Mining, Oil & Gas Production)
    (Thuringian Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and the Environment, Erfurt and the Saxonian Ministry of the Envrionment and Agriculture, Dresden)
  • Numerous Legally Binding Expertises on the Residual Operation and Close-out of the Final Radioactive Repository Morsleben (ERAM) (cf. area of Mining, Oil & Gas Production)
    (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of the German State of Sachsen-Anhalt)

Consulting Services for Operators of Nuclear Facilities in the Field of Decommissioning and Dismantling:

  • Evaluation of Strategies in the Area of Residue and Waste Management within the Scope of Decommissioning and Dismantling of the Nuclear Power Plant Würgassen
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Execution of Radiation Protection Audits for the Nuclear Power Plant Würgassen
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Würgassen)
  • Assessments Concerning Special Problems of Occupational Radiation Protection
    (VGB PowerTech- Association of Big Power Plant Operators, Essen)
  • Development of key points of the release procedure for the NPP Stade
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH), , Hanover
  • Evaluation of a Concept for the Treatment of Residues and Waste from the NPP Stade
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Evaluation of a Concept for the Release of Residues from the Monitoring Area of the NPP Stade
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Evaluation of a Concept for the Release of Radioactive Material from the NPP Stade to other Licensees in Compliance with the Atomic Energy Act
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Evaluation of a Plant Regulation for the NPP Stade(here: chapter on residue and waste regulations)
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Evaluation of a Clearance Measurement Concept for the Decommissioning and Dismantling of the NPP Stade
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Realisation of the Clearance Measurement Concept for the Decommissioning and Dismantling of the NPP Stade
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Radiological Characterisation of the NPP Stade with respect to Decommissioning and Dismantling of the Plant
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Development and Implementation of the Program “ReFOM” for the Nuclear Power Plant Stade supporting the sampling procedure and the automated data analysis and derivation of nuclide vectors
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Verification of Correlation Factors for Difficult to Measure Nuclides by the Analysis of Burn-Up Calculations for the Nuclear Power Plant Stade
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Environmental Impact Statement for the Case of an Airplane Crash on the Interim Storage Hall of the NPP Stade
    (WTI-GmbH)
  • Overview and Assessment of Measurement Techniques Relevant for Clearance of Buildings
    (E.ON Kernkraft GmbH, Hanover)
  • Evaluation of Clearance Regulations for Residues, Buildings and Ground Space of the NPP Mülheim-Kärlich
    (RWE-Systems AG, Essen)
  • Evaluation of a Concept for Clearance of Buildings and Plant Areas of the NPP Mülheim-Kärlich to be released from the Obligations of the Atomic Energy Act
    (RWE-Systems AG, Essen)
  • Evaluation of various radiological Assessments for the NPP Mülheim-Kärlich
    (RWE-Systems AG, Essen)
  • Examination of the conservativity of previous approaches for radiation exposure in the vicinity of the KMK plant
    (RWE-Systems AG, Essen)
  • Participation on the Public Inquiry for the Decommissioning and Dismantling of the NPP Mülheim-Kärlich
    (RWE-Systems AG, Essen)
  • Evaluation of Clearance Flow Sheets for the Dismantling of the NPP Mülheim-Kärlich
    (RWE-Systems AG, Essen)
  • Cost Assessment for the Decommissioning of the NPP Rheinsberg
    (Kernkraftwerk Rheinsberg GmbH, Rheinsberg)
  • Re-Assessment of the Procedure to Verify Nuclide Vectors
    (Energiewerke Nord GmbH, Kernkraftwerk Rheinsberg GmbH)
  • Evaluation of Dismantling Variations and Cost Optimisation for the “Great Hot Cells” of the Research Center Jülich
    (Research Center GmbH, Jülich)
  • Technical Controlling for a Large Decommissioning Project in Germany
    (Contractor to be kept confidential)

Practical work on dismantling of nuclear facilities:

  • NPP Würgassen (power reactor of E.ON Kernkraft GmbH)
  • FRM old (Research reactor of TU Munich)

Advice on radioactive repositories (cf. also the area of disposal of radioactive waste):

  • Expert advice on the permitting procedure for a repository for low-level radioactive waste in Dounreay, United Kingdom
    (Scottish Environment Protection Agency, UK)
  • Peer Review for the extension of a low and intermediate level waste repository, DRIGG in the United Kingdom
    (WS Atkins Consultants Ltd. UK)
  • Radiation protection consulting for the ASSE test repository
    (Helmholtz Centre, Munich and Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Salzgitter)
  • Decommissioning of the Radioactive Waste Repository in Morsleben (ERAM)
    (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt)

Calculation of radiation exposure in the vicinity of nuclear facilities according to AVV § 47 and SBG § 49 StrlSchV (2001)
Current projects include:

  • NPP Brunsbüttel
  • NPP Isar
  • NPP Krümmel
  • NPP Unterweser
  • NPP Brockdorf
  • NPP Grafenrheinfeld
  • NPP Obrigheim
  • NPP Stade (Interim Storage)
  • Test Disposal Site of Asse II Mine

Delivery of Menu-Driven Computer Codes for Environmental Impact Assessements Concerning Routine and Emergency Releases from Nuclear Facilities (see also Environmental Software and Expert Systems)

Delivery of Emergency Guidance Systems (CAIRE, CAISE) for Monitoring and Surveillance of Nuclear Facilities
Installations in the following Facilities:

  • NPP Brockdorf
  • NPP Unterweser
  • NPP Stade
  • NPP Grohnde
  • NPP Isar
  • NPP Würgassen

as well as in the following French Navy Bases:

  •  Cherbourg
  • Brest
  • L´Ille Longe
  • Toulon

Further Services to Various Clients in the Nuclear Field:

  • Appointed Health Physicist in Various Companies in Compliance with the German Radiation Protection Ordinance since 1981
  • Elaboration of Various Expertises Concerning Incident and Accident Investigations for NPPs, Nuclear Reprocessing Plants and Final Geological Repositories
  • Elaboration of Planning and Concept Documents for the Licensing Procedures of Various Nuclear Facilities, e. g. a Spallation Neutron Source, the Reprocessing Plants of Wackersdorf and Karlsruhe as well as the Final Geological Repositories KONRAD and GORLEBEN:
    • Evaluation of Radiation Protection Concepts
    • Evaluation of Measurement Concepts for Radiation Protection Purposes (Dose rate, activity in air, contamination)
    • Evaluation of Repeated Plant Safety Checks
    • Evaluation of Waste Treatment Concepts
  • Analyses of Operation Sequences, Performance of Radiation Protection Measurements and the Compilation of Boundary Conditions for Occupational Exposure of Operating Personnel in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities, such as
    • Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities
    • Fuel Element Production Facilities
    • NPPs
    • Reprocessing Plants
    • Transport and
    • Final Repositories
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