Packagings in the Silicon Era

ENEA is the main Italian Board involved in the temporary disposal of radioactive wastes produced by its own laboratories and national industries. In this context ENEA is studying, with the collaboration of the DCMN of the Pisa University, a new packaging to collect wastes in various facilities while proceeding to find a final disposal. Moreover it supports technically the Department of Industry and the Department of Civil Protection to cope with emergencies due to the unsafe storage of dangerous and poisonous wastes temporarily stored in various sites in the country. So , following a survey on the wastes that could be transported in the future, it was agreed to design a packaging able to contain an industrial drum, with a maximum capacity of 220 litres and a total weight less than 4000 N, previously filled with solid wastes in bulk or in a solid binding material. The packaging, to be approved as a Type B in agreement with the IAEA Regulations, will be useful to transport not only radioactive wastes but any kind of dangerous goods and also those not in agreement with the UNO Regulations.