According to the assessments the overall amount of radioactive waste (RAW) to be reprocessed and buried at the Chornobyl NPP site amounts to 1,696,738 m3 (without regard for reactor metal structures, dismantling of building structures and plan constructions, and the Unit Shelter building). The overall activity of radioactive waste are evaluated at 1,640,504.64 ΤBq. The RAW management activities are implemented at the Chornoby1 NPP within the frame of several programs of different hierarchy including the State Comprehensive Program for RAW Management in Ukraine, Integrated Program of RAW Management at the Chornoby1 NPP Shutdown Stage and Transformation of the Unit Shelter into an Ecologically Safe System. At the present time a number of key RAW management facilities are being constructed within the frame of the international aid to Ukraine. They are the Liquid Radioactive Waste Plant and Solid Radioactive Waste Reprocessing Complex. As of now, the issues concerning RAW utilization at the Unit Shelter are resolved at a conceptual level. There has not practical decision in relation to a geologic facility. The complexity and scale of ChNPP RAW management problems will require significant efforts of both Ukraine and the whole world community to solve these issues. The task related to removal and final burial of accumulated and generating radioactive waste is one of the main aspects of decommissioning activities at any nuclear power plant. RAW management work is the most important and complicated work performed at the Chornoby1 NPP. The specific features of ChNPP RAW management are as follows: • Variety of RAW generation sources, their types, physical and chemical properties. • Large amount of radioactive wastes which already exist and those generated in the decommissioning process. • Presence of disorganized RAW characterized by wide spatial distribution within the Unit Shelter and at the plant site. • Need to apply a very wide spectrum of various RAW management techniques depending on their location and type. • Need in developing unique techniques to manage special types of RAW located at the site (fuel containing masses of the Unit Shelter). • Large amount and variety of facilities required for RAW final storage. • Absence of reliable and serviceable instrumental procedures and necessary equipment to define RAW properties for RAW separation and classification. • Ecological peculiarities of RAW management within the Chornoby1 zone. • Multiphase decontamination and restoration processes resulting in RAW formation. • Need in integrating RAW management problems at the ChNPP and within the Chornoby1 Exclusion Zone taken as whole. • Long time period required for implementing the whole program of RAW management at the ChNPP. • Large quantity of people involved in RAW management process (local and foreign participants, different organization operated by various departments).
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ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation
September 21–25, 2003
Oxford, England
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- Nuclear Engineering Division and Environmental Engineering Division
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0-7918-3732-7
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Problems of Radioactive Waste Management at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP)
Borys Ya. Oskolkov,
Borys Ya. Oskolkov
International Radioecology Laboratory of Chernobyl Centre for Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Waste and Radioecology
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Yuri A. Neretin,
Yuri A. Neretin
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
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Valeryi P. Saliy,
Valeryi P. Saliy
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
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Valeryi A. Seyda,
Valeryi A. Seyda
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
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Vyascheslav V. Fomin
Vyascheslav V. Fomin
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
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Borys Ya. Oskolkov
International Radioecology Laboratory of Chernobyl Centre for Nuclear Safety, Radioactive Waste and Radioecology
Yuri A. Neretin
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
Valeryi P. Saliy
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
Valeryi A. Seyda
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
Vyascheslav V. Fomin
State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”
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ICEM2003-4827, pp. 1163-1171; 9 pages
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February 24, 2009
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Oskolkov, BY, Neretin, YA, Saliy, VP, Seyda, VA, & Fomin, VV. "Problems of Radioactive Waste Management at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP)." Proceedings of the ASME 2003 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. 9th ASME International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Oxford, England. September 21–25, 2003. pp. 1163-1171. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2003-4827
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