regional workshop on waste management and safe disposal of radioactive waste - tunis, tunisia; 17-21...

Regional Workshop on Waste Management and Safe Disposal of Radioactive Waste -

Tunis, Tunisia; 17-21 March 2014

»Management of Radioactive Waste in Jordan by

Osama Natsheh / JAEC

Nidaa Farahid / JNRC

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC

The Nuclear Law was modified in 2007 resulting in splitting the Jordan Nuclear Energy Commission (JNEC) into two independent commissions:

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC)

Initiating a Nuclear Power Program in Jordan

JNEC

JNRC JAEC


Overview of existing legal and regulatory framework for RW Management

• Laws governing RW/DSRS management Law No.(42) , Nuclear Energy , for the year 2007 and its amendment in 2008. Law No.(43) , Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety and Security for the year 2007

and its amendment in 2008.Other laws relevant to RWM infrastructure development (e.g. public information, EIA, …) Law No.(52), Environment Protection for the year 2006. Law No.(29) , Mine, Health and Safety for the year 1996. Law No.(12) , Regulating Natural Resources Affairs. for 1968 and its Amendments. Applicable regulations ( e.g. radiation protection, nuclear safety, environmental protection, security, etc.) Regulations on Management, Transportation and Handling of Dangerous and

Hazardous Material by-law No. (24) for the year 2005. Regulation on Mining ,No. (131) for the year 1966. Regulation on Environmental Requirements Applicable to Solid Fuels Power

Production Industry. Instructions for Medical Waste Management for the Year 2001. Regulations on Management and Handling Dangerous Waste for the year 2003.


Overview of existing legal and regulatory framework for RW Management

Regulation on Management of Chemical Wastes for 2003. Regulation on Environmental Protection from Contamination in Emergency

Situation No. (26) for the year 2005. Regulation on Environmental Protection of Marine and Coast and its amendment

No.(51) for1999. Management of Solid Waste by law No. (27) for 2005. Regulation No.(25) on Soil Protection for the year 2005. Regulation No.(28) on Air Protection for the year 2005. Regulation No.(37) on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the year 2005. Regulation on Facility Classification with Respect to its Hazard /Impact to the

Environment for the year 2010.


Drafted Instruction by JNRC

• Management of Radioactive Waste• Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel• Transport of Radioactive Materials


Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC): Regulatory body to enforce implementation of the national regulations on RWM, Inspection and issuing licensing /permits.

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC): Waste management organisation responsible for long term management of waste and for collection, storage and disposal.

Responsibilities


RWM Policy Contents

Introduction Background Objectives Scope National Radioactive Waste Management Principles International Radioactive Waste Management Principles Applicable National Legislation Responsibilities

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Generators and Operators National Centralizes RWM Facilities (NCRWMF) at

JAEC

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) Spent Nuclear Fuel Decommissioning and Waste DisposalDefinition and Classification of Radioactive Waste Implementation References


RWM Strategy Contents

• Introduction• Objective• Scope• Strategy Statement• Management Structure for Radioactive Waste• Pre- requisites for Strategy Implementation• Radioactive Waste Generated in The

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan• Financial Provision• Predisposal Management of Radioactive

Waste• Storage • Disposal of Radioactive Waste• Resources• Public Sensitivity• Uncertainties• Radioactive Waste Management Review• References


– Central Storage Facility at JAEC.

– Disposal Site at Sewaqa.

– RR under construction.

– NPP under discussion with RosAtom.

Current Status


Future Plans

– Treatment and Storage Facility for RW generated from RR

– Near Surface Disposal Site for LILW (RR)

– Wet or Dry Storage for SNF (NPP)


Under processing

• Repository Site Selection (100 m underground).

• Safety Case and Safety Assessment for the CSF with cooperation of IAEA under project INT9176.

• Acceptance Criteria with cooperation of IAEA under project RAS9071

• Quality Assurance (ISO-9001).


Radioactive Waste in Jordan

Jordan does not produce any radioactive materials. Radioactive waste in Jordan are generated from the following:-

Medicine. Industry Agriculture Teaching and Research centres.And Scrap and Custom Crossing Borders. Orphan sources. NORM activities.


This is U

nsafe, Unsecured &

Unacceptable

RW Stored in Jordan


RW Stored at Hospitals

This is How Radioactive Waste is Being Stored


Current RW stored in CSF


The National Centralized RW

Storage Facility at JAEC


National Centralized RW Storage facility

CSF has been established at JAEC in March 2010. It is planned to collect, store and manage all the LILW generated from hospitals, clinics, industry, agriculture , research and training.

JAEC has built a CSF with the best international standards for protecting our human health and the environment from the long term effects of radioactive waste and to prevent the accidents associated with the spent radiation sources.

The construction and security system funded by GTRI/DOE/USA.


• Air ventilating system

• Security system.

• Safe handling, conditioning of the radioactive waste, particularly the spent sealed sources by surrounding in cement.

• Safe long term interim storage of the resulting conditioned RW (waste package) for a period until a suitable repository is available for final disposal

• Area of 250 m2.• Capacity of 600

drums or 420 m3.



The national centralized RW storage facility consists of two separate buildings (adjacent to each other):-

• The main building ( Dirty area) is designed to have several stores: receipt/dispatch store, operational store for sources to be conditioned, underground stainless steel wells, decay store and stores for high, intimidate and low activity sources.

• The second building (Clean area) houses support facilities (change room, shower (bathroom)/ and wash room, sanitary room, radiation equipment and health physics room, office room, documentation and security monitoring room.



Arrangement of Conditioned Steel Drums IN CSF


Arrangement of underground SS drums


Security system at CSF

Security Control Magnetic Switch Motion Detectors Infra Red Camera

Alarm Key Box Door Lock Control Room


Security schematic


Air Ventilation System in the CSF


Liquid RW Collection to drainage Tank


The Radiological Emergency Response Plan for CSF

The emergency response plan for various possible radiological accidents and threatening hazards inside the CSF was prepared by JAEC and approved by JNRC.

The CSF’s emergency plan is written in Arabic. A drills for the activation off- site emergency response plan by

Jordan’s Civil Defense Forces and Public Security Forces were conducted.


Introducing the CSF to Public Police

and Testing Their Response

in Case of Emergency


RWM Predisposal

The implemented procedures for the safe management of radioactive waste at the CSF as follows:

►Identification►Assessment (when possible)

►Collection►Transport

►Receipt►Pretreatment

►Characterization►Classification

►Conditioning►Secure & Safe Storage


Collection


Processing


Storage


Drum Cementation

• Preparation Materials:• 1 part of cement;• 2 part of sand;• 4 part of small gravel• And sufficient water


RWM Procedures

• PR01-Process description• PR02-source acceptance• PR03-Collection-Transport• PR04-Characterization-dismantling• PR05-Precemented drums• PR06-Conditioning DSRS-Storage • PR07-Radiation Protection


Radiation Protection

& Environmental Monitoring• Area Monitoring Survey for each room every month

• Workplace Monitoring for Gamma, Neutron and Radon Gas every year

• Water measurements for drainage tank liquid that collected from CSF


Radioactive Waste Inventory at JAEC

Isotope Quantity Total Activity (@2013)Cs-137 93 24844 mCiAm-241 3 145 mCiBa-133 2 0.094 mCiCo-57 12 0.0115 mCiCo-60 2

2 0.126 mCiUnknown (RT Head & Scrap)

Eu-152 4 1035 mCiIr-192 1 1310 mCiSr-90 6 55.27 mCiKr-85 1 74 mCiAm241/Be 11 3510 mCiDepleted Uranium 22 Plates ---I-131 96 capsules ---Mo-99 (Tc-99m) 120 ---Ra226 8 UnknownCompactable Mixed Solid Waste 1 Drum (200 L) ---


Sewaqa Disposal Site


Disposal Site at Sewaqa

The main gate to the RW disposal siteSite At Sewaqa

The RW Disposal Site at Sewaqa

RW Disposal Pit at Sewaqa

Partially Constructed processing facility



The RW Disposal Site at Sewaqa

Underground disposal site

• Reinforced concrete underground pit , dimension 3.6 m x3.6 m with depth 3.1 m.

• Backfilling with good compacted natural materials (gravel, clay, concrete ) with drainage pipe surrounded with sand

• Consists of three layers , each layer accommodates 25 drums 200 L.

• Spent sealed sources in its cask and container are conditioned in cement mortar .

• A heavy lid needs a special crane .


Radioactive Wastes in Sewaqa

(Disposal RW Site)

Radionuclides No. of Sources

Total Activity (mCi) / Year

Comments Applications

Cs-137 33 3500(2007)15

(Unknown)

Conditioned in 25 steel drums of 200 L

Industrial Nuclear Gauges

Co-60 43 3500(2007)

Conditioned in three steel drums of 200 L


Sr-90 6 50(2007)

Conditioned in one steel drum of 200 L


Cs-137 Tubes 30 560(1999)

Conditioned in one steel drum of 200 L

Medical Bracyhtherapy

Cs-137 Needles

54 100(1999)

Medical Brachytherapy

Am-241 5 225 Conditioned in two steel drums of 200 L


No. of radioactive sources = (171) No. of drums = (32)


NORM Disposal at Sewaqa


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