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FEBEX - FEBEX II - Excavation Phase - Heater Retrieval

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Full-scale High Level Waste Engineered Barriers (FEBEX)
FEBEX II - Excavation Phase - Heater Retrieval

The third stage involved the removal of the heater from the Engineered Barrier System (EBS). This was a complicated task due to the size and weight of the heater (4.5 meters long and 12 tonnes in weight).

Preparatory work for removal of the heater		Removal of the heater from the bentonite

With the heater removed the steel liner keeps the EBS in place		View of the steel liner after retrieval of the heater

Close up of the steel liner after retrieval of the heater

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