Progress in decommissioning planning and licensing for VTT’s FiR 1 TRIGA reactor

Markus Airila; Matti Kaisanlahti; Ville Oinonen; Antti Räty

Progress in decommissioning planning and licensing for VTT’s FiR 1 TRIGA reactor

Markus Airila (Corresponding author), Matti Kaisanlahti, Ville Oinonen, Antti Räty

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FiR 1 TRIGA Mark II research reactor, which was operated in Espoo, Finland, in 1962–2015 is nearing decommissioning. The Government of Finland granted to VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd (VTT) the decommissioning licence in June 2021, and decommissioning is scheduled to commence late 2022. Essential for the FiR 1 decommissioning project, and for fulfilling the prerequisites for the decommissioning licence, is the comprehensive contract on decommissioning services, signed in March 2020 between VTT and Fortum Power and Heat Ltd. The contract covers the dismantling of FiR 1 and all necessary nuclear waste management services as well as the radioactive waste management for OK3 laboratory decommissioning, adjacent to FiR 1. In this paper, we give an overview of the project status, including spent fuel transport for re-use in the US late 2020 (see also [1]) and present examples of progress of characterization work, detailed plans for dismantling and nuclear waste management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Research Reactor Conference RRFM 2021
Subtitle of host publication	Conference Proceedings
Publisher	European Nuclear Society (ENS)
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-92-95064-36-2
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2021
MoE publication type	B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings
Event	European Research Reactor Conference, RRFM 2021 - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 24 Sept 2021 → 29 Sept 2021 https://www.euronuclear.org/european-research-reactor-conference-2021/#

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Conference	European Research Reactor Conference, RRFM 2021
Abbreviated title	RRFM2021
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	24/09/21 → 29/09/21
Internet address	https://www.euronuclear.org/european-research-reactor-conference-2021/#

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Progress in decommissioning planning and licensing for VTT’s FiR 1 TRIGA reactor. / Airila, Markus (Corresponding author); Kaisanlahti, Matti; Oinonen, Ville et al.
European Research Reactor Conference RRFM 2021: Conference Proceedings. European Nuclear Society (ENS), 2021.

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Progress in decommissioning planning and licensing for VTT’s FiR 1 TRIGA reactor

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