Krantz supplies ventilation systems for Konrad repository
“We are very pleased that our company has been entrusted with the engineering and installation of the highly specialized ventilation systems for the planned transfer and buffer facility of the future final repository Schacht Konrad. This decision is not only a business success, but it also reflects Krantz's special technical expertise and capabilities in the field of ventilation and filtration technology,” says Norbert Schröder, Managing Director of Krantz GmbH.
Construction of the transfer building is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2023, with completion in 2025. In the transfer building, the delivered packages of low and intermediate level radioactive waste will first be radiologically checked, then unloaded from trucks and rail cars and finally prepared for transport underground. In the event of unforeseeable shutdowns of the mine system, the buffer storage building directly connected to the transfer building can temporarily receive containers until they can finally be taken underground.
Krantz technology meets the highest safety requirements
The design and technical requirements for the buildings to be constructed are correspondingly high. The buildings are planned and implemented to be earthquake-proof under the supervision of the German Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE). Furthermore, particularly high safety requirements are placed on the ventilation systems to be installed there. Krantz’s proven ventilation technology guarantees safe and trouble-free operation of the systems.
Convincing references
After all, it is specifically in the field of nuclear ventilation systems as well as emergency systems that Krantz has successfully made a name for itself in a number of other projects in the past. In addition, Krantz has been equipping high-security laboratories of the Robert Koch Institute, the Friedrich Löffler Institute for Animal Health, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, and the laboratories of the University of Marburg with high-performance filter and ventilation technology for decades, which is becoming increasingly important in times of pandemics.
