CAST (CArbon-14 Source Term)

Objective

The CAST project (CArbon-14 Source Term) aims to develop understanding of the generation and release of 14C from radioactive waste materials under conditions relevant to waste packaging and disposal to underground geological disposal facilities. The project will focus on releases from irradiated metals (steels, Zircaloys) and from ion-exchange materials as dissolved and gaseous species. A study to consider the current state of the art knowledge with regards to 14C release from irradiated graphite will also be undertaken, to further our knowledge from existing projects in this area i.e. CARBOWASTE. The scientific understanding obtained from these studies will then be considered in terms of national disposal programmes and impact on safety assessments. The knowledge gained from the whole of CAST will be disseminated within the project partners and to wider stakeholders and organisation, with a specific objective on education and training.

Total cost: EUR 14 730 136,67
EU contribution: EUR 4 511 183,18
Coordinated in: United Kingdom
Subprogramme: Fission-2013-1.1.2 - Support to the IGD-TP SRA and to advances and innovation research in the treatment and/or understanding of key basic and remaining scientific technical issues
Call for proposal: FP7-Fission-2013
Funding scheme: CP - Collaborative project (generic)

Coordinator: NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY - NDA United Kingdom

Participants

• REGIA AUTONOMA PENTRU ACTIVITATI NUCLEARE DROBETA TR. SEVERIN RA SUCURSALA CERCETARI NUCLEARE PITESTI Romania
• NATIONALE GENOSSENSCHAFT FUER DIE LAGERUNG RADIOAKTIVER ABFAELLE Switzerland
• AGENCE NATIONALE POUR LA GESTION DES DECHETS RADIOACTIFS France
• COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France
• NATIONALE INSTELLING VOOR RADIOACTIEF AFVAL EN VERRIJKTE SPLIJTSTOFFEN VZV Belgium
• CENTRALE ORGANISATIE VOOR RADIOACTIEF AFVAL NV Netherlands
• REGIA AUTONOMA TEHNOLOGII PENTRU ENERGIA NUCLEARA - RATEN Romania
• GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANLAGEN- UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) MBH Germany
• PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT Switzerland
• STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE Belgium
• Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie Germany
• AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE Italy
• Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center Japan
• FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH Germany
• JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION Belgium
• UJV REZ, a.s. Czech Republic
• EMPRESA NACIONAL DE RESIDUOS RADIACTIVOS S.A. Spain
• TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Finland
• Fortum Power and Heat Oy Finland
• LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS Lithuania
• INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE Ukraine
• ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS - ARMINES France
• Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble France
• NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP Netherlands
• INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE -DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICA SI INGINERIE NUCLEARA "HORIA HULUBEI" (IFIN-HH) Romania
• Radioactive Waste Repository Authority Czech Republic
• SVENSK KARNBRANSLEHANTERING AB Sweden
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France
• AMEC NUCLEAR UK LIMITED United Kingdom
• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT Spain
• AREVA NC SAFrance
• ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE S.A. France
• MCM MCCOMBIE CHAPMAN MCKINLEY CONSULTING KOLLEKTIVGESELLSCHAFT Switzerland