Decommissioning is a technical term describing the
dismantling of and the cleaning up after primarily chemical
and nuclear facilities.
DD is responsible for decommissioning the nuclear facilities at
Risoe and receives, handles and stores all radioactive waste
in Denmark.
Danish Decommissioning [DD] was established on September 15 2003
as an institution under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
DD is responsible for decommissioning, i.e. dismantle, the nuclear
facilities formerly attached to Risoe DTU - National
Laboratory for Sustainable Energy.
DD is located at the scenic peninsula Risoe, 6 km north of
the city of Roskilde and approxemately 35 km vest of
Copenhagen.
There are 6 nuclear facilities; 3 research reactors, DR 1, 2 and
3, a fuel fabrication facility, a hot cell facility and a waste
management plant. According to plan the project will be
concluded by 2018.
In addition to the decommissioning project, DD is
responsible for:
- maintaining the nuclear facilities until these have been fully
decommissioned
- receiving, treating and storing radioactive waste from Danish
users of radioactive materials
- contribute to the process of establishing a Danish final
repository for low-level and medium-level radioactive waste.
Safety and high quality have great
priority. DD adheres to international standards
and co-operates with international experts and
authorities. DD consults a panel of experts, which comment on
project description, choice of methods and the likes.
A number of DD employees have extensive contact to
international collegues as well as attend national and
international conferences and networks. Read more about our international
co-operations.
