Scientific and Technical Issues in the Management of Spent Fuel of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines

Abstract

Preface.- Overview of the Three Previous (1995, 1997 and 2002) NATO-Russia Workshops. General Issues of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management.- Spent Fuel of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines: Questions to be Addressed Alain TOURNYOL DU CLOS.- Justification of Priority Lines and Objectives when Resolving the Challenges of Complex Decommissioning of Nuclear Submarines A.A. Sarkisov.- General Policy and Strategy for French Naval Spent Fuel Management J. Chenais.- Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland: Policy, Past and Present Practices, Plans for the Future E. Ruokola.- Swedish Strategy and Experience in Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management L.G. Larsson.- Spent Fuel Management in the United Kingdom A.S. Daniel.- The DTI FSU Nuclear Legacy Programme: Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at Andreeva Bay J. Smith-Briggs.- Implementation of the Concept and the Program of Complex Decommissioning of Nuclear Submarines, Nuclear-Powered Surface Ships and Maintenance Vessels and Rehabilitation of Radiation-Hazardous Facilities: Main Results and Unresolved Problems V.A. Shishkin.- Spent Fuel Management Policy in U.S O. Keener Earle.- Actual Problems in Implementation of the International Agreements under the G8 Global Partnership Cooperation Program at FEP 'Zvezda' Y.P. Shulgan.- AMEC Program's Role in the Management of Spent Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines D. Rudolph.- Concept of Complex Decommissioning of Civil Nuclear Powered Surface Ships and Maintenance Vessels V.I. Jaroch.- Unloading, Storage and Subsequent Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel of Liquid-Metal-Coolant Reactors: Actual Status and Problems S.V. Ignatiev.- Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and Radioactive Waste (RW). Management of Non-Standard SNF. RW Processing. Analysis of Potential Emergencies During SNF and RW Management. Enhancing the Efficiency of Radiological Monitoring and On-line Emergency Response in Caseof Sinking of Taken-out-of-Service Radiation-Hazardous Objects V.L. Vysotskiy.- Safe Shipment of Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel V.D. Ushakov.- Main Peculiarities of Managing Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste during Complex Decommissioning of Nuclear Submarines in the Kamchatka Region A.O. Pimenov.- Nuclear and Radiation Safety during Long-Term Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel of Land-Based Reactor Facility Stands-Prototypes 27/VT And KM-1 D.V. Pankratov.-Defueling of Retired Nuclear Submarines A.V. Timofeev.- Methods for Analytical and Experimental Justification of Nuclear and Radiation Safety during Unloading and Storage of Spent Removable Parts from Nuclear Submarine Liquid Metal Reactors I.E. Somov.- Justification of a Possibility of Compacted Storage of Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel M.I. Rylov.- Spent Nuclear Fuel Carriage by Sea V.M. Pashin.- Module Complex to Process Low-active Liquid Radioactive Waste V.N. Epimakhov.- Foreign Assistance for Handling Spent Nuclear Naval Fuel in Russia: Setting Priorities C. Chuen.- Management of Damaged and Non-Reprocessible Spent Nuclear Fuel N.G. Sandler.- A Long-Term Mothballing Technology for Reactor Compartments with Damaged Cores O.E. Muratov.- Standard and Regulatory Support of Safe Management of Non-Standard Spent Nuclear Fuel of Floating Storage Vessel A.J. Shulgin.- Long-Term Safe Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Ship Power Units in Underground Storage Facility in The North-West Region of Russia N.N. Melnikov.- Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage. Problems of Remediation of Contaminated Facilities, Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems.- Radiation Risk during Waterborne Storage of Non-Defuelled Reactor Compartment Units A.J. Blekher.-Actual Status and Top-Priority Proposals on Rehabilitation of a Radiation-Hazardous Facility at Gremikha CMB B.S. Stepennov.- Complex Radiological Survey of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in the Vicinity of Nuclear Submarine Waterborne Storage Centers and Dismantling Enterprises S.M. Vaku