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Store for Solid and Liquid Radioactive Operational Waste

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Store for solid and liquid radioactive operational waste (ALfR) before the dismantling activities

After the emptying of the store for solid and liquid radioactive operational waste (ALfR) had been completed in October 1998, the dismantling of equipment as well as the demolition of the first buildings (concrete monolith and waste oil store) started at the ALfR site.

Since the reopening of the final store Morsleben (ERAM) in the year 1994 until its closing in autumn 1998, 1,000 m³ of operational waste was disposed of there. The remaining 510 m³ operational waste that had been stored in the ALfR, was or will be stored in the Interim Storage North (ISN).

This was

  • liquid radioactive waste (and other evaporator concentrates) solidified by cement
  • the so-called concrete monolith
  • solid mixed waste
  • solid material, separated from the liquid radioactive waste by decanter.

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Equipment for breaking up the monolith
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Remote control room

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Decanter

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Waste package inside the transport container

The demolition of the concrete monolith, of the waste oil store, and of the car- and container wash was finished in the years 2000 and 2001.

The dismantling of the ALfR-solid demanded its exposure and housing, under which the building structures could be demolished. The left building pit was filled afterwards.

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Preparing the dismantling of the construction framework of the concrete monolith
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Demolition of the car- and container wash


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Demolition of ALfR for solid waste under housing

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General view on the ALfR in May 2006


The dismantling of the ALfR-liquid started with the disassembling of facilities and equipment. The container linings were dismantled. The rooms overground could be demolished without housing after they had been free measured.

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Dismantling of the containers in the store for liquid waste
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Radiological measurements in room 101
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Dismantling of the surface building structures
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Exposure of ALfR-liquid


After the rooms 002/1 and 002/2 of the ALfR-liquid had been exposed the protective housing was set up and the dismantling of the rooms 002 started in March 2008.

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ALfR for liquid waste under housing
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Disassembling the ceiling in room 002/2
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Dismantling the walls in room 002/2
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Exposure of rooms 001/1 to 3 of the ALfR-liquid
Last update: 24.11.2009