As part of the "nuclear of tomorrow" programme of future investments, the National Agency for the Management of Radioactive Waste (Andra), in cooperation with the National Research Agency (ANR) has selected the Sccodra project. Started in 2017 and with a budget of 2.5 million euros, it develops solutions for the monitoring and control of corrosion of metal components for the storage of radioactive waste.
In a video available on Youtube, cetim, the project coordinator, discusses in detail its two main aspects: the development of a non-destructive control technique for metal containers of radioactive waste on their reception on the storage center in order to guarantee their integrity in an easy, fast, reliable and precise way, and the development of a methodology for monitoring the corrosion of certain metal structures within the storage. This applies in particular to steel tubes (chemisage) placed in microtunnels where High Activity-Long Life Waste (HA-VL) will be stored. Again, this methodology is based on innovative technologies from the fields of NDT (Non Destructive Control), electrochemistry and electrical techniques.
Sccodra is labelled by the ViaMéca Competitiveness Pole and brings together Cetim, the Mateis and LVA laboratories of the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon (Insa), Origalys Electrochem, VLM Robotics and the Institute of Corrosion.
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