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APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATION: SCOPING AND EIA PROCESS FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION (NECSA) PIPE STORAGE FACILITY, MADIBENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, NORTH WEST PROVINCE

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The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) is intending to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment Process for the proposed extension of the pipe storage facility for SAFARI-1 spent fuel and containerised NTP Uraniferous Waste. In line with the NEMA Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations of 2014 as amended, Necsa has appointed GA Environment (Pty) Ltd as independent Environmental Consultants to undertake the Environmental Impact Assessment process for the proposed extension.The pipe storage facility is located on the Pelindaba site of the South Africa Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) which is located on the Farm Weldaba 567 JQ within the Madibeng Local Municipality. The site centre coordinates are 25°47’44.12 S; 27°55’49.50” E.

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It is the intention of Necsa, to extend the facility to accommodate 48 additional storage vessels for SAFARI 1 spent fuel and not more than 78 storage vessels for Uranium residue, using the same storage design as before. The existing facility will be extended by a maximum of 11m x 22.77m (W x L) to the north of the site (NTP pipes) and by 11m x 15.29 m (W x L) to the south of the site (SAFARI pipes). The overall development footprint will be approximately 418.66m2. The proposed storage pipes storing SAFARI-1 spent fuel and containerised NTP Uraniferous Waste will consist of a leak-proof stainless-steel storage vessel of a 125mm and 250mm inside diameter respectively hanging inside a 17m deep borehole. The borehole has a mild steel and fibre cement lining. The spent fuel assemblies and containers containing NTP Uraniferous waste will be stored in an inert gas atmosphere inside the storage vessel by backfilling pipes with an argon-helium mixture. Each storage pipe can hold 20 spent fuel assemblies or 32 NTP containers. The current facility is used for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (high level long lived radioactive material) from the SAFARI-1 research reactor. The current storage facility is licenced for a storage period of up to 50 years. The store is an interim facility and the intention is to retrieve and remove the waste in the future, as the facility is specifically designed to allow for future retrieval and therefore the facility should not be confused with disposal facilities. The allocated storage space for the SAFARI-1 spent fuel will be exhausted by the end of 2020 requiring an extension of the storage capacity. Without this extra storage capacity for SAFARI-1 spent fuel and new storage pipes for the containerised NTP Uraniferous waste, SAFARI-1 and NTP will not be able to continue with normal operations, e.g. the production of medical isotopes, and research & training. Necsa supplies a wide range of innovative hi-technology products and services to South Africa and the foreign market sectors with the SAFARI-1 reactor as the cornerstone of the commercial isotope production market. These isotopes are used to detect and treat diseases such as cancer. SAFARI-1 reactor produces Molybdenum 99 and Iodine 131 isotopes required for over 100 000 different medical procedures e.g. used to detect cancer and other diseases. As part of the requirements of the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) the spent fuel elements which are released from the SAFARI-1 reactor and the NTP Uraniferous waste from NTP must be stored safely. It is for this reason that Necsa initiated the proposed pipe store extension.

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Monday, October 7, 2019 - 11:53

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14419

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24/02/2021

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