Regional Workshop on Waste Management and Safe Disposal of Radioactive Waste - Tunis, Tunisia; March 2014 Management of Radioactive Waste in Jordan by Osama Natsheh / JAEC Nidaa Farahid / JNRC

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC The Nuclear Law was modified in 2007 resulting in splitting the Jordan Nuclear Energy Commission (JNEC) into two independent commissions:   Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC)   Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Initiating a Nuclear Power Program in Jordan JNEC JNRCJAEC

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Overview of existing legal and regulatory framework for RW Management Laws governing RW/DSRS management   Law No.(42), Nuclear Energy, for the year 2007 and its amendment in   Law No.(43), Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety and Security for the year 2007 and its amendment in Other laws relevant to RWM infrastructure development (e.g. public information, EIA, …)   Law No.(52), Environment Protection for the year   Law No.(29), Mine, Health and Safety for the year   Law No.(12), Regulating Natural Resources Affairs. for 1968 and its Amendments. Applicable regulations ( e.g. radiation protection, nuclear safety, environmental protection, security, etc.)   Regulations on Management, Transportation and Handling of Dangerous and Hazardous Material by-law No. (24) for the year   Regulation on Mining,No. (131) for the year   Regulation on Environmental Requirements Applicable to Solid Fuels Power Production Industry.   Instructions for Medical Waste Management for the Year   Regulations on Management and Handling Dangerous Waste for the year 2003.

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Overview of existing legal and regulatory framework for RW Management   Regulation on Management of Chemical Wastes for   Regulation on Environmental Protection from Contamination in Emergency Situation No. (26) for the year   Regulation on Environmental Protection of Marine and Coast and its amendment No.(51) for1999.   Management of Solid Waste by law No. (27) for   Regulation No.(25) on Soil Protection for the year   Regulation No.(28) on Air Protection for the year   Regulation No.(37) on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the year   Regulation on Facility Classification with Respect to its Hazard /Impact to the Environment for the year 2010.

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Drafted Instruction by JNRC Management of Radioactive Waste Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel Transport of Radioactive Materials

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC   Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC): Regulatory body to enforce implementation of the national regulations on RWM, Inspection and issuing licensing /permits.   Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC): Waste management organisation responsible for long term management of waste and for collection, storage and disposal. Responsibilities

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC RWM Policy Contents Introduction Background Objectives Scope National Radioactive Waste Management Principles International Radioactive Waste Management Principles Applicable National Legislation Responsibilities Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Generators and Operators National Centralizes RWM Facilities (NCRWMF) at JAEC Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) Spent Nuclear Fuel Decommissioning and Waste Disposal Definition and Classification of Radioactive Waste Implementation References

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC RWM Strategy Contents Introduction Objective Scope Strategy Statement Management Structure for Radioactive Waste Pre- requisites for Strategy Implementation Radioactive Waste Generated in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Financial Provision Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste Storage Disposal of Radioactive Waste Resources Public Sensitivity Uncertainties Radioactive Waste Management Review References

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC –Central Storage Facility at JAEC. –Disposal Site at Sewaqa. –RR under construction. –NPP under discussion with RosAtom. Current Status

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Future Plans –Treatment and Storage Facility for RW generated from RR –Near Surface Disposal Site for LILW (RR) –Wet or Dry Storage for SNF (NPP)

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Under processing Repository Site Selection (100 m underground). Safety Case and Safety Assessment for the CSF with cooperation of IAEA under project INT9176. Acceptance Criteria with cooperation of IAEA under project RAS9071 Quality Assurance (ISO-9001).

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Radioactive Waste in Jordan  Jordan does not produce any radioactive materials.  Radioactive waste in Jordan are generated from the following :-  Medicine.  Industry  Agriculture  Teaching and Research centres. And  Scrap and Custom Crossing Borders.  Orphan sources.  NORM activities.

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC This is Unsafe, Unsecured & Unacceptable RW Stored in Jordan

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC RW Stored at Hospitals This is How Radioactive Waste is Being Stored

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Current RW stored in CSF

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC The National Centralized RW Storage Facility at JAEC

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC National Centralized RW Storage facility   CSF has been established at JAEC in March It is planned to collect, store and manage all the LILW generated from hospitals, clinics, industry, agriculture, research and training.   JAEC has built a CSF with the best international standards for protecting our human health and the environment from the long term effects of radioactive waste and to prevent the accidents associated with the spent radiation sources.   The construction and security system funded by GTRI/DOE/USA.

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Air ventilating system Security system. Safe handling, conditioning of the radioactive waste, particularly the spent sealed sources by surrounding in cement. Safe long term interim storage of the resulting conditioned RW (waste package) for a period until a suitable repository is available for final disposal Area of 250 m2. Capacity of 600 drums or 420 m3. National Centralized RW Storage facility

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC The national centralized RW storage facility consists of two separate buildings (adjacent to each other):- The main building ( Dirty area) is designed to have several stores: receipt/dispatch store, operational store for sources to be conditioned, underground stainless steel wells, decay store and stores for high, intimidate and low activity sources. The second building (Clean area) houses support facilities (change room, shower (bathroom)/ and wash room, sanitary room, radiation equipment and health physics room, office room, documentation and security monitoring room. National Centralized RW Storage facility

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Arrangement of Conditioned Steel Drums IN CSF

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Arrangement of underground SS drums

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Security system at CSF Security Control Magnetic Switch Motion DetectorsInfra Red Camera AlarmKey BoxDoor LockControl Room

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Security schematic

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Air Ventilation System in the CSF

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Liquid RW Collection to drainage Tank

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC The Radiological Emergency Response Plan for CSF  The emergency response plan for various possible radiological accidents and threatening hazards inside the CSF was prepared by JAEC and approved by JNRC.  The CSF’s emergency plan is written in Arabic.  A drills for the activation off- site emergency response plan by Jordan’s Civil Defense Forces and Public Security Forces were conducted.

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Introducing the CSF to Public Police and Testing Their Response in Case of Emergency

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC RWM Predisposal The implemented procedures for the safe management of radioactive waste at the CSF as follows: ►Identification ►Assessment (when possible) ►Collection ►Transport ►Receipt ►Pretreatment ►Characterization ►Classification ►Conditioning ►Secure & Safe Storage

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Collection

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Processing

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Storage

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Drum Cementation Preparation Materials: 1 part of cement; 2 part of sand; 4 part of small gravel And sufficient water

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC RWM Procedures PR01-Process description PR02-source acceptance PR03-Collection-Transport PR04-Characterization-dismantling PR05-Precemented drums PR06-Conditioning DSRS-Storage PR07-Radiation Protection

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Radiation Protection & Environmental Monitoring Area Monitoring Survey for each room every month Workplace Monitoring for Gamma, Neutron and Radon Gas every year Water measurements for drainage tank liquid that collected from CSF

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Radioactive Waste Inventory at JAEC IsotopeQuantityTotal Activity Cs mCi Am mCi Ba mCi Co mCi Co mCi Unknown (RT Head & Scrap) Eu mCi Ir mCi Sr mCi Kr mCi Am241/Be mCi Depleted Uranium22 Plates--- I capsules--- Mo-99 (Tc-99m) Ra2268Unknown Compactable Mixed Solid Waste1 Drum (200 L)---

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Sewaqa Disposal Site

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Disposal Site at Sewaqa The main gate to the RW disposal site Site At Sewaqa The RW Disposal Site at Sewaqa RW Disposal Pit at Sewaqa Partially Constructed processing facility

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Disposal Site at Sewaqa The RW Disposal Site at Sewaqa Underground disposal site Reinforced concrete underground pit, dimension 3.6 m x3.6 m with depth 3.1 m. Backfilling with good compacted natural materials (gravel, clay, concrete ) with drainage pipe surrounded with sand Consists of three layers, each layer accommodates 25 drums 200 L. Spent sealed sources in its cask and container are conditioned in cement mortar. A heavy lid needs a special crane.

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Disposal Site at Sewaqa

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC Radioactive Wastes in Sewaqa (Disposal RW Site) RadionuclidesNo. of Sources Total Activity (mCi) / Year CommentsApplications Cs (2007) 15 (Unknown) Conditioned in 25 steel drums of 200 L Industrial Nuclear Gauges Co (2007) Conditioned in three steel drums of 200 L Industrial Nuclear Gauges Sr (2007) Conditioned in one steel drum of 200 L Industrial Nuclear Gauges Cs-137 Tubes30560 (1999) Conditioned in one steel drum of 200 L Medical Bracyhtherapy Cs-137 Needles (1999) Medical Brachytherapy Am Conditioned in two steel drums of 200 L Industrial Nuclear Gauges No. of radioactive sources = (171)No. of drums = (32)

Directorate of Radioactive Waste Management & Transport / JAEC NORM Disposal at Sewaqa

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