Abstract
Recent data on the sources, routes, and dynamics of water penetration into Block B and temporal collector of radioactive waste (TCRW) rooms were reported. The mechanism of liquid radioactive waste (LRW) formation in the Shelter rooms was discussed. The results of tracer analysis of the routes and dynamics of LRW formation both inside and outside the Shelter were summarized. In particular, it was found that the contaminated “block” water leaks by two main routes, northern and south-eastern. The northern stream of LRW comes, eventually, to the Block 3 room no. 0005 pit (6.00-m mark) intended for collection of spontaneously leaked water and is treated together with the low-level waste from the Chernobyl NPP. The southeastern stream comes to Block B room nos. 017/2 and 018/2. The route and intensity of LRW leakage from these rooms require special investigation.
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