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The acceptance criteria are the minimum requirements the non-conditioned and conditioned radioactive waste must meet to be managed safely by ONDRAF/NIRAS. They are drawn up in accordance with the general rules laid down in the Royal Decree of 16 October 1991, which were approved by the competent authorities in 1999.

These requirements are either technical (mechanical, physical, chemical, radiological, thermal or biological) or administrative (documentary); they concern:

the transport;
the rauw waste (radioactive waste before processing);
the primary packaging (for example empty drum, canister,...);
the immobilizing matrix (for example concrete or bitumen poured into the drum);
the waste form (the whole composed of the processed waste and the immobilizing matrix);
the primary package (the whole composed of the processed waste, the immobilizing matrix and the primary containment).

The acceptance criteria apply to all stages of management (transport, receipt, processing/conditioning, temporary storage and disposal) to ensure that:

ONDRAF/NIRAS can manage the radioactive waste safely once it is accepted ;
the radioactive waste is sufficiently documented to enable later management.


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