ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ hot cell team travels to Korea
So far, the procurement allocation does not foresee a Korean contribution to the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Hot Cell Facility. This building, needed for maintenance and radwaste operations of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ machine, will be financed 100 percent by the European Domestic Agency as defined in the procurement sharing plan. But things are about to change. The ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization is currently undergoing a major value engineering process with the goal of reducing the overall project cost. So closer cooperation between the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization and the Domestic Agencies is desirable and necessary in many areas.
To start with, a delegation from ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ visited the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) in Daejeon. As the Korean KAERI has years of experience to offer in the field of hot cell operation, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ and Korea are currently discussing possible means on how to benefit from Korea's expertise on nuclear hot cells to help the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization optimize the design and thus reduce the cost of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Hot Cell Facility.