Scientific and Technical Issues in the Management of Spent Fuel of Dec

This book addresses a very important challenge of the present - complex decommissioning of the nuclear-powered vessels taken out of service and environmental rehabilitation of the centers of basing and everyday running of different-type nuclear vessels. The book specifically focuses on the scientific and technical problems of management of naval spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste.

"The Book represents a collection of papers prepared for and presented by specialists of seven concerned countries in the fourth Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Moscow, September 22-24, 2004, sponsored and organized within the framework of the NATO-Russia partnership.

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.- JUSTIFICATION OF PRIORITY LINES AND OBJECTIVES WHEN RESOLVING THE CHALLENGES OF COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES.- GENERAL POLICY AND STRATEGY FOR FRENCH NAVAL SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT.- MANAGEMENT OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL IN FINLAND: POLICY, PAST AND PRESENT PRACTICES, PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.- SWEDISH STRATEGY AND EXPERIENCE IN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT.- SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.- THE DTI FSU NUCLEAR LEGACY PROGRAMME: SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT AT ANDREEVA BAY.- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT AND THE PROGRAM OF COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES, NUCLEARPOWERED SURFACE SHIPS AND MAINTENANCE VESSELS AND REHABILITATION OF RADIATION-HAZARDOUS FACILITIES: MAIN RESULTS AND UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS.- A PERSPECTIVE ON U.S. SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL POLICY.- ACTUAL PROBLEMS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS UNDER THE G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP COOPERATION PROGRAM AT FEP "ZVEZDA".- THE ARCTIC MILITARY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION (AMEC) PROGRAM'S ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT FUEL FROM DECOMMISSIONED NUCLEAR SUBMARINES.- CONCEPT OF COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF CIVIL NUCLEAR POWERED SURFACE SHIPS AND MAINTENANCE VESSELS.- UNLOADING, STORAGE AND SUBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OF LIQUID-METAL-COOLANT REACTORS: ACTUAL STATUS AND PROBLEMS.- 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-LINEEMERGENCY RESPONSE IN CASE OF SINKING OF TAKEN-OUTOF-SERVICE RADIATION-HAZARDOUS OBJECTS.- SAFE SHIPMENT OF NAVAL SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.- MAIN PECULIARITIES OF MANAGING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE DURING COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES IN THE KAMCHATKA REGION.- NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SAFETY DURING LONG-TERM STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OF LAND-BASED REACTOR FACILITY STANDS-PROTOTYPES 27/VT AND KM-1.- DEFUELING OF RETIRED NUCLEAR SUBMARINES.- METHODS FOR ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL JUSTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SAFETY DURING UNLOADING AND S ORAGE OF SPENT REMOVABLE PARTS FROM NUCLEAR SUBMARINE LIQUID METAL REACTORS.- JUSTIFICATION OF A POSSIBILITY OF COMPACTED STORAGE OF NAVAL SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.- SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CARRIAGE BY SEA.- MODULE COMPLEX TO PROCESS LOW-ACTIVE LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTE.- FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR HANDLING SPENT NUCLEAR NAVAL FUEL IN RUSSIA: SETTING PRIORITIESi.- MANAGEMENT OF DAMAGED AND NON-REPROCESSIBLE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.- A LONG-TERM MOTHBALLING TECHNOLOGY FOR REACTOR COMPARTMENTS WITH DAMAGED CORES.- STANDARD AND REGULATORY SUPPORT OF SAFE MANAGEMENT OF NON-STANDARD SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OF FLOATING STORAGE VESSEL.- LONG-TERM SAFE STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FROM SHIP POWER UNITS IN UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY IN THE NORTHWEST REGION OF RUSSIA.- SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE PROBLEMS OF REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED FACILITIES, TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SYSTEMS.- RADIATION RISK DURING WATERBORNE STORAGE OF NON-DEFUELED REACTOR COMPARTMENT UNITS.- ACTUAL STATUS AND TOP-PRIORITY PROPOSALS ON REHABILITATION OF A RADIATION-HAZARDOUS FACILITY AT GREMIKHA CMB.- COMPLEX RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC SYSTEMS IN THE VICINITY OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WATERBORNE STORAGE CENTERS AND DISMANTLING ENTERPRISES.- ACTUALSTATUS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATED RADIOECOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AT OBJECTS AND TERRITORIES CONCERNED WITH COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR VESSELS IN THE FAR EAST RUSSIA.- RADIATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT WHEN DISMANTLING VICTOR CLASS NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES.- WHAT TO DO WITH THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES WITH DAMAGED CORES?.- ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AUTOMATED DRY STORAGE FACILITY FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OF DISMANTLED NUCLEAR SUBMARINES AND NUCLEAR-POWERED SURFACE SHIPS IN GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES OF THE NORTHWEST RUSSIA.- NUCLEAR SUBMARINES WITH DAMAGED REACTOR INSTALLATIONS: BASIC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS AND SAFETY-RELATED PROBLEMS.- APPLICATION OF LASER BEAM TECHNOLOGIES TO DECONTAMINATE EQUIPMENT WHEN DISMANTLING NUCLEAR SUBMARINES.- ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROPRIATE AND ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINES AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALSCALE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA.- UNLOADING AND STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL DURING DISMANTLING OPERATIONS OF FRENCH NUCLEAR SUBMARINES.