Radiation Safety in Handling High-Level Wastes in Gremikha Village


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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.

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A. A. Zakharchev

Rosatom State Corporation

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

V. V. Eremenko

North-West Radwaste Management Center SevRAO, Branch of RosRAO

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Murmansk

I. N. Polishchuk

North-West Radwaste Management Center SevRAO, Branch of RosRAO

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Murmansk

A. P. Varnavin

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. S. Danilovich

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. V. Korolev

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. V. Lemus

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

D. A. Lemus

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

V. A. Pavlov

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

V. N. Potapov

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

S. G. Semenov

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

S. V. Smirnov

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

B. S. Stepennov

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

A. K. Sukhoruchkin

National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

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Email: sukhoruchkin_ak@nrcki.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

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