TY - CONF A1 - Völzke, Holger A1 - Nieslony, Gregor A1 - Ellouz, Manel A1 - Noack, Volker A1 - Hagenow, Peter A1 - Kovacs, Oliver A1 - Hörning, Tony T1 - Container approval for the disposal of radioactive waste with negligible heat generation in the German Konrad repository N2 - Since the license for the Konrad repository was finally confirmed by legal decision in 2007, the Federal Institute for Radiation Protection (BfS) has been performing further planning and preparation work to prepare the repository for operation. Waste conditioning and packaging has been continued by different waste producers as the nuclear industry and federal research institutes on the basis of the official disposal requirements. The necessary prerequisites for this are approved containers as well as certified waste conditioning and packaging procedures. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is responsible for container design testing and evaluation of quality assurance measures on behalf of BfS under consideration of the Konrad disposal requirements. Besides assessing the container handling stability (stacking tests, handling loads), design testing procedures are performed that include fire tests (800°C, 1 hour) and drop tests from different heights and drop orientations. This paper presents the current state of BAM design testing experiences about relevant container types (box shaped, cylindrical) made of steel sheets, ductile cast iron or concrete. It explains usual testing and evaluation methods which range from experimental testing to analytical and numerical calculations. Another focus has been laid on already existing containers and packages. The question arises as to how they can be evaluated properly especially with respect to lack of completeness of safety assessment and fabrication documentation. T2 - WM2012 - Waste Management Conference CY - Phoenix, AZ, USA DA - 26.02.2012 PY - 2012 SN - 978-0-9836186-1-4 N1 - Serientitel: WM Symposia – Series title: WM Symposia IS - Paper 12148 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - WM Symposia CY - Tempe, AZ, USA AN - OPUS4-26272 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -