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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

GRR is responsible for the reception, treatment and interim storage of the radioactive waste
generated at IPEN, as well as those generated at many other radioactive facilities all over the
country. GRR operational units are: waste reception and segregation room; laboratory for de-
contamination of small pieces; laboratory for liquid waste immobilization and conditioning;
facility for in-drum compaction; facility for disassembling of radioactive lightning rods; facili-
ty for disassembling of disused sealed source shielding; laboratory for characterization of pri-
mary waste and waste forms; and storage of untreated and treated waste. The storage facil-
ity is divided into two adjacent areas, one for conditioned waste and the other for untreated
waste, including the disused sealed radioactive sources.

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares