Radiation Safety in Handling High-Level Wastes in Gremikha Village

Abstract

As part of the work on eliminating the nuclear legacy temporary storage facilities for high-level solid wastes were opened, radiometric inspection of the wastes was performed, wastes were sorted, control rods of ship reactors were identified in the wastes and removed, and spectrometric determination of the induced activity in each rod was made. Forty-four rods with activity totaling 1.35·10¹³ Bq were packaged and shipped to a long-term storage site. The activity distribution was determined from samples and will be taken into account in planning subsequent work on the handling of such wastes and picking the most appropriate type of packaging. The work was performed using remote-control machines in compliance with the standards and regulations for the radiation safety of personnel.