The main practical difficulty associated to the task of the dismantling and decommissioning of the IPEN's old nuclear fuel cycle facilities has been the big amount of radioactive waste generated in the dismantling op...
Fuel cycle related activities were accomplished in IPEN-CNEN/SP in laboratory and pilot plant scale and most facilities were built in the 70-80 years. Nevertheless, radical changes of the Brazilian nuclear policy in t...
The objective of this paper is to provide information for nuclear field specialists and decision makers on opportunities for minimizing radioactive wastes arising from the decontamination & decommissioning of a CANDU...