Packaging definition
What does Packaging mean?
Fuel packaging: A special way of processing spent fuel for temporary storage or final disposal.
Waste packaging: An operation whereby waste is converted into a form suitable for transportation and/or storage and/or final disposal.
(a) Very low-level radioactive waste (vinyl, cleaning rags, etc.) is placed in steel drums.
(b) Low- and intermediate-level waste is first compacted to reduce its volume as far as possible, then encapsulated in a special material (concrete, bitumen or resin matrix) to form solid blocks capable of withstanding all environmental conditions. (c) High-level waste is placed in a glass mixture (vitrification process). Once vitrified, the waste is placed in stainless steel canisters.