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Annex I-K

Annex I-K

ANNEX I-K

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES

Administrative details:

(a)

date (date on which the BTC was completed);

(b)

version (unique number for reference);

(c)

responsible officer (name and contact details).

IDENTIFICATION OF THE INSTALLATION

1.

Name of the installation (indicate usual abbreviation, if applicable).

indicate MBA code(s) (once attributed).

2.

Location, postal and e-mail address (functional mailbox when available) and telephone number.

3.

Owner (legally responsible body or individual) with contact details.

4.

Operator (legally responsible body or individual) with contact details.

5.

Description (main features only).

6.

Purpose and type of the installation.

7.

Present status (e.g. design phase, under construction, in operation, post-operational phase).

8.

Pre-operation information Design and construction schedule dates, estimated commissioning and operation starting dates. Requested and/or approved licence dates (e.g. decision of principle, construction and expected operation licence request dates). Information on expected date of receipts of the nuclear material. Installation design drawings to be communicated as soon as these are available.

9.

Normal operating mode (shift system adopted, approximate dates of operating periods in year, etc.).

10.

Area layout (map showing the installation, boundaries, buildings, roads, rivers, railways, etc.).

11.

Layout of the installation including related drawings:

identification of main areas (structural containment, fences and access routes);

routes followed by nuclear material, disposal canisters;

nuclear material, disposal canister storage areas;

disposal area;

main access routes for vehicles and personnel and ventilation shafts (including shaft and vent size);

access and disposal tunnels;

test and experiment area, analytical laboratories, if applicable;

description of restricted zone and other controlled areas established around the repository.

12.

Safeguards responsible, also for nuclear material accountancy, with e-mail address (functional mailbox when available) and telephone number.

General installation data

13.

Description of geological data:

information on the host geology of the geological repository (evidence and conclusions on the integrity of the geological formation hosting the disposal);

monitoring systems for excavation activities (including types, exact locations and depths of sensors; other monitoring systems, including safety monitoring; other equipment including testing and experimental equipment);

information on design of the surface areas (including receipt, storage, and preparation of canisters for disposal);

information on the design of the geological repository underground area, (including layout, isolation doors, measures to strengthen or stabilize walls and ceilings of excavations; shaft and vent size and features, etc.);

information on access routes for personnel and materials; provision of utilities; areas for receipt and storage of disposal canisters;

14.

Process description, including above and underground operations, ramp, tunnel and shaft excavation, excavated material removal, canister preparation, transportation and storage and backfilling and tunnel closure with nominal schedule of different processes.

15.

Design capacity.

16.

Anticipated annual disposal plan.

17.

Main equipment used in the installation including maximum weight loads of hoist and canister transport vehicle.

GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE INSTALLATION, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NUCLEAR MATERIAL USE AND HANDLING

Description and flow of nuclear material

18.

Nuclear material description:

types of nuclear material, including other nuclear material in the installation besides spent fuel if applicable (type, form, quantity, and location);

types of other radioactive materials in the installation;

types of accountability units (e.g. disposal canisters and other containers) to be handled in the installation;

appearance, means of identification, and overall dimensions of accountability units;

number of fuel assemblies or quantity of other nuclear material per disposal canister or other container;

quantity of other radioactive material per disposal cannister or other container;

number of disposal canisters or other containers per transport container or transport vehicle;

range of weight of nuclear material per disposal canister or other container;

range of radiation and heat levels at exterior of disposal canisters and/or containers (dose rates at the surface and at a distance of 1 meter, and temperatures).

19.

Flow of nuclear material:

schematic flow sheet;

flow and inventory measurement points, accountability areas, inventory locations;

frequency of receipt of accountancy related units and transfers to underground;

routes followed and emplacement of disposal canisters or other containers.

20.

Designed range of inventories of nuclear material in each storage area.

Installation operation and handling of nuclear material

21.

Description of container, canister and packaging in which nuclear material is transported (including size, design, internal basket design, material used, capacity, closure etc.). Refer to drawings when available.

22.

Shielding in different storage and transfer areas.

23.

Methods and means of handling and transfer of nuclear material and canisters in storage and emplacement areas including description of the transfer vehicle.

24.

Transportation routes followed by nuclear material with reference to installation layout.

25.

Description of each nuclear material storage area.

26.

Method of positioning of nuclear material in storage areas.

27.

Method of nuclear material emplacement and backfilling.

28.

Description and number of nuclear material emplacement area and disposal tunnel.

29.

Description of maintenance activities and areas.

Protection and safety rules

30.

Specific rules for the physical access to the nuclear material for inspector information.

31.

Specific radiological protection and health and safety rules for inspector compliance.

NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY AND CONTROL (NMAC)

32.

The NMAC system shall be described under the following headings:

General

Description of the accountancy system used to record and report accountancy data, including method of recording accountancy data and establishing material balance;

Main inventory changes

Description of typical inventory changes e.g. receipts (including method of dealing with accounting corrections, the verifications used) and shipments of disposal canisters, if occurred and transfers as appropriate. Corresponding operational records and source data e.g. receiving and shipping forms shall be identified;

Physical inventory

Description of procedures, method of operator’s inventory taking, scheduled frequency, estimated distribution of nuclear material, accessibility and verification method;

Operational and accounting records (including internal transfer forms, method of adjustment or correction, control measures and responsibility for records).

Description of how these records are maintained, including when an adjustment or correction is needed, place where the records can be consulted, retention time and language;

Particular accounting provisions

Description of particular provisions, e.g. for the designation of batch IDs and methods for preventing, detecting and timely fixing of accounting discrepancies.

33.

Provisions related to existing or possible containment and surveillance measures (general description in reference to floor plan and installation layout enabling to install seals, cameras, lasers, remote data transmission, etc.).

34.

For each measurement point of the material balance area (e.g. storage area, deposition tunnel), provide the following information, when applicable:

description of location, type, identification;

anticipated types of inventory changes and possibility to use this measurement point for physical inventory taking;

handling and transfer equipment used;

verification methods and equipment used;

means of batch identification;

anticipated number of inventory batches and flow per year.

OTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS

35.

Other optional information that the operator considers relevant. This may include amongst others:

additional information on the host geology of the geological repository (including geological stratification; geochemistry; geophysics; identification of radionuclides found in the repository environment;

geological repository characterization activities (e.g. subsurface excavations and exploratory activities).

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