2. El Cabril near surface disposal facility
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission
El Cabril near surface disposal facility
Emilio García Neri
18 November 2015

3. NUCLEAR AND RADIOACTIVE INSTALLATIONS IN SPAIN
RWM in Spain
NUCLEAR AND RADIOACTIVE INSTALLATIONS IN SPAIN

4. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
RWM in Spain
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
GRWP: General Radioactive Waste Plan
REGULATION
AND
LICENSING
PARLIAMENT
GOVERNMENT
ENRESA
NUCLEAR
SAFETY
COUNCIL
MINISTRY OF
INDUSTRY, TOURISM
AND TRADE
THE
ENVIRONMENT
FINANCE
ECONOMY
GENERAL
SECERETARY OF
ENERGY
NATIONAL
INDUSTRIAL
HOLDING
(SEPI)
NATIONAL RESEARCH
CENTRE FOR ENERGY,
ENVIRONMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY
(CIEMAT)
WASTE
PRODUCERS
CONTROL
20%
80%
INDUSTRY, ENERGY
TOURISM
MINISTRY OF THE
AGRICULTURE,
FOOD AND
POLICY
(GRWP)
Drawing up and implementation
GRWP

5. EL CABRIL: BACKGROUND 5

6. DESIGN APPROACHES FOR LILW DISPOSAL FACILITIES
International experience
DESIGN APPROACHES FOR LILW DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Rokkasho Mura, Japan
L´Aube, France
Drigg, United Kingdom
Konrad, Germany
SFR, Sweden

7. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY: LAY OUT7

8. LONG TERM CAPPING 8

9. EL CABRIL: RELEVANT ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT
LILW treatment, conditioning, characterization and disposal operations began in October 1992 in this nuclear installation.
The facility has been designed and constructed to guarantee the absence of any significant impact on human beings and the environment. It is made up basically of a conditioning building, quality verification laboratories, other auxiliary installations and disposal structures, consisting of aligned cells.
The operations of a complementary installation at El Cabril started up in October It is used for the disposal of very low level wastes (VLLW), such as most of those generated during the dismantling of nuclear power plants and special interventions involving the clean-up of land or contaminated facilities.
El Cabril centre, as key piece of the National system, offers the robustness and operability needed to assure its safety and efficiency, as well as enough flexibility for its optimization (processes improvement, R&D programme on engineered barriers, …)

10. EL CABRIL: EVOLUTION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
Waste Acceptance Criteria: ENRESA has established WAC related to the safety case for operational and post-closure phases. It also set up characterization, Acceptance and verification procedures
Waste Tracking System
Periodic Safety Review: El Cabril safety case has been periodically updated using the knowledge gained throughout the different phases of the Project
According to CSN standards, nuclear facilities are submitted to a safety review every ten years period.
2 PSR covering the periods and , have been carried out covering:
Operating experience
Experience on the aspects related to radiation protection
Experience from the application of the WAC methodology
Experience in the study of parameters affecting the long-term safety
Experience in long-term safety assessment
Regulatory changes

11. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY:
CONCEPT DESIGN
CONTAINER
VAULTS WITH
PROVISIONAL COVERING
MOBILE ROOF
INSPECTION GALLERY
PROTECTING
LAYER
LONG-TERM COVERAGE
TOPSOIL
COARSE GRAVEL
WEATHERPROOF LAYER
OF COMPACTED CLAY
SYNTHETIC WEATHERPROOFING
MEMBRANE
REFILL
(DRAINAGE)
1st LAYER SAND
2nd LAYER SAND
3rd LAYER SAND 11 11

12. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY: TECHNICAL CAPACITIES
MIR RW management
Incineration
Compaction
Packages handling
Disposal Units preparation 12

13. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY: CONTROL ROOM
Supervision of all systems and processes of the facility
Remote handling of equipment both in Conditioning Building and LILW Disposal vaults
RW package Tracking system 13

14. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY: INCINERATOR14

15. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY: COMPRESSOR15

16. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY:
ACTIVE LABORATORY
LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY : ACTIVE VERIFICATION LAB 16

17. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY:
HANDLING AND DISPOSAL
Llenado de un contenedor con bultos
Interior celda de almacenamiento

18. EL CABRIL LILW DISPOSAL FACILITY: SEEPAGE CONTROL NETWORK

19. Technical and non-technical factors affect repository cost
ECONOMICS OF EL CABRIL / INVESTMENTS
Technical and non-technical factors affect repository cost
M€ / 2014
Property
7.5
Engineering 35
Equipment
40.5
Civil works 83
Assembling and test 16
Decommissioning and environmental restoration 10
Institutional control - surveillance 40
Total
230

20. ECONOMICS OF EL CABRIL / OPERATIONAL COST
By reason of their activities at El Cabril, ENRESA Operational cost is for M€ per year including:
National taxes: VAT 8%
Regional Government: Operating taxes
Hosting Town Council: Local Activities tax, permits (i.e. Building permit)
Legal instrument for assignments to Town Council located in the neighborhood of RW storage/disposal facilities:
Infrastructure improvements through Cooperative Agreements with competent institutions
Additionally, “Good neighbor policy”
Industrial facility, including RWM processes
Staff (~ 180 people): local recruitment
Services: local supply i.e. building, staff transport, security…
Supporting programmes in the fields of social action, healthcare, culture and environment