Waste Product Development
The challenge
Radioactive waste comes in a range of physical, chemical and radiological forms, which can present a challenge when it comes to forming acceptable waste products.
Related services
- Waste characterisation
- Letter of Compliance and waste packaging
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Developing the most appropriate immobilisation or encapsulation methods is fundamental to designing suitable processing facilities and ensuring compatibility with disposal requirements.
Our capabilities
- Waste processing design support
- Advice on waste product properties
- Clay encapsulation – patent pending
- Cement and polymer encapsulation
- Sludge and liquid waste encapsulation formulation
- Solid waste immobilisation formulation
- Waste simulant development
- Laboratory and full-scale trials (active and inactive)
- Waste product advice and support during implementation
How you benefit
Working with UKAEA gives you access to over ten years’ experience in developing tailored waste encapsulation/ immobilisation formulations that address the specific properties of solid and liquid wastes. UKAEA has the experience and expertise to:
- Identify appropriate encapsulation media
- Specify and implement fit-for-purpose formulation development programmes
- Provide the full lifecycle of waste product support, from formulation development through to processing plant support
- Support process plant design and operation
- Troubleshoot plant operational problems with encapsulant formulation
- Ensure the process design is right first time
- Ensure compliance with low-level waste (LLW) and intermediate-level waste (ILW) repository requirements
