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Sogin at the IAEA conference on sustainable management of radioactive waste

08 November 2021


Sogin participated in the "International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future" of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna from 1 to 5 November 2021. The event's objective was to share know-how and solutions developed at the international level for safe and responsible management of radioactive waste, oriented to sustainability principles.

The Conference, articulated in 7 technical sessions, was attended by representatives of high-level government officials, regulatory authorities, producers and operators of radioactive waste, as well as technical and scientific experts working in the different fields of radioactive waste management, including representatives of industries, civil society, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions.

Sogin shared their experience in two technical sessions. In the session "Solutions for Specific Wastes," Federica Pancotti, Technological Innovation Manager, illustrated the Cementation SaG IPU, the innovative treatment and conditioning system through cementation, of liquid radioactive waste inside a Glove Box. This system offers the nuclear decommissioning sector a way to treat and condition small volumes of aqueous alpha-contaminated liquid waste without building complex industrial plants that involve lengthy authorization procedures, environmental impacts, and significant construction and management costs.

In the session "Implementation of Waste Management Strategies," Marco Nasta, Container Project Manager and SiCoMoR Project Manager, presented Sogin's experience in an illustrative poster on the use of modular and transportable radioactive waste conditioning systems. In particular, the work illustrated the SiCoMoR plant (Modular Conditioning System for Radioactive Waste) developed by Sogin and currently in the final stages of manufacture.

The SiCoMoR plant, intended for conditioning by cementation of various types of radioactive waste (liquids, sludges, powders, granular solids, etc.), is realized in movable modules pre-assembled in the workshop. This plant can be assembled on-site to carry out conditioning activities on specific wastes and then transferred to another location.

Moreover, Sogin experts - Francesco Troiani, Director of Development and Technological Innovation, Federica Pancotti and Paola Negrini, Responsible of Casaccia Plants, were co-authors, together with ENEA, of the poster "Characterisation and a preliminary study for solidification of organic alpha-contaminated liquid waste" presented in the session "Solutions for Specific Wastes."
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