ECM Technologies (France)

In the pharmaceutical industry, the production of psychiatric drugs has been seriously disrupted since the appearance of COVID'19. For that, Demand Forecasting of psychiatric drugs is among the big challenges in this industry. The objective is to avoid an excess of stock and, at the same time, to ensure that a stock rupture does not occur. Based on analysis of psychiatric drugs data, we compare in this paper several forecasting techniques which are Exponential Smoothing, seasonal ARIMA (i.e. SARIMA), SARIMAX, enhanced with the integration of exogenous (explanatory) variables, and LSTM. Through all the done tests, we make a comparison study of the results to identify the most promising models.

The DEM&MELT in-can melter is being developed and qualified to treat waste arising from decommissioning and dismantling operations. The main characteristics of this robust, simple and versatile in situ vitrification process are presented hereafter: • Suitable for high or intermediate level waste. • Heated by a simple and robust resistance furnace. • Offering a proper homogeneity to the melted mixture. • Suitable for solid or liquid waste, including zeolites and sludge. • Flexible enough to accommodate uncertainties on waste composition. • Designed in order to produce a small amount of secondary waste. • Implementing proven technological solutions from French high level waste vitrification facilities. • Requiring low investment and operation costs. Regarding these features, the in-can process has been deemed as an appropriate tool for the vitrification of the Fukushima water treatment secondary waste (mineral adsorbents and sludge loaded with Cs and Sr). The evaluation of the In-can process for Fukushima waste is a project led by Orano, CEA and ANADEC. This paper presents the results of this project from the scenarios and glass formulation studies to the process implementation feasibility evaluation. The glass properties and waste loading will be in particular highlighted.