Elastomers are widely used as the main sealing materials in containers for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste and as an additional component fo metal seals in spent-fuel and high-level waste containers. According to appropriate guidelines and regulations, safe enclosure of the radioactive container contents has to be guaranteed for lengthy storage periods of at least 40 years. Therefore, the understanding of seal ageing behaviour is of high importance and has to be considered with regard to possible dynamic events taking place during transport after storage. An accelerated ageing approach for compressed seals is presented, as well as some first results.
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Kömmling, A., Wolff, D., & Jaunich, M. (2017). Investigation of long-term behaviour of elastomeric seals for transport and storage packages. In The Ageing of Materials and Structures: Towards Scientific Solutions for the Ageing of Our Assets (pp. 17–25). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70194-3_2
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