Nuclear Materials Safety Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Remarks of US Representative Mac Thornberry....Pages 1-3
Relationship of Past US/RF Nuclear Material Safety Management Activities to Workshop Goals....Pages 5-12
Toward an Integrated Nuclear Materials Safety Management Approach in the United States and Russia....Pages 13-21
Implementing a Nuclear Materials Safety Management Program in the US and Russia....Pages 23-28
Nuclear Materials Safety Management: US Perspectives....Pages 29-31
Problem of Safe Management of Radioactive Wastes in Russia....Pages 33-47
The System of Safety Assurance for Facilities of the Ministry of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation During Normal Operation and Emergencies....Pages 49-64
Stabilizing Plutonium to Reduce Risk to the Public and Workers....Pages 65-68
Long-Term Storage of Plutonium....Pages 69-70
Technologic Safety Assurance for Plutonium to MOX Conversion....Pages 71-74
Principles and Measures for Nuclear Safety in Storage of Excess Weapons-Grade Plutonium in the Permanent Storage Facility Being Designed Within the Russian-US Agreement....Pages 75-80
Prevention of Accident Consequences in Plutonium Storage....Pages 81-85
Experience in Plutonium Storage and Transportation....Pages 87-91
Safety Issues in Plutonium Transport....Pages 93-96
Maintenance of Safety During Transportation of Nuclear Materials....Pages 97-108
Development of Technology and Equipment for MOX Fuel Production: Provision of Production Safety....Pages 109-114
Application of a Plasma-Chemical Process for Safe Transformation of Weapons Plutonium into MOX Fuel....Pages 115-118
MOX Fabrication and Transportation Safety Issues in Belgium....Pages 119-129
Management of DOE-Owned Spent Nuclear Fuel....Pages 131-138
US Commercial LWR Spent Fuel Storage....Pages 139-142
Safety for Transportation, Reloading, and Storage of VVER-1000 Reactor Spent Fuel at the RT-2 Plant Storage Facility....Pages 143-154
Options for MOX Fuel Utilization, Interim Storage, and Disposition in Germany....Pages 155-168
Safety Problems in Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel....Pages 169-181
Increasing Technological Safety at the Russian Radiochemical Plant RT-1....Pages 183-190
The Problems of Ensuring Safety for Underground Isolation of Nuclear Materials Contained in the Long-Lived Radionuclides....Pages 191-208
The Application of Geological Similarity Principles for Securing the Safety of Isolation of Plutonium and Other Long-Lived Technogenous Radionuclides in Deep Geological Formations and the Development of a Technology for Synthesis of Mineral-Like Matrices for Radioactive Waste Immobilization....Pages 209-218
Methodology and Results of Studies of Environmental Contamination by Plutonium in Zones of Nuclear Facilities Impact....Pages 219-235
The Use of Nondestructive Nuclear Methods to Ensure the Safety of Nuclear Materials Management....Pages 237-243
Safety Assessment as a Basis for Decision Making....Pages 245-252
Nuclear Safety Arrangements While Storing Enriched Uranium....Pages 253-256
Radiation Safety and Work With Plutonium....Pages 257-262
Safety of Handling Nuclear Materials at the State Research Center of Russia-Institute of Biophysics....Pages 263-267
Container for Transportation and Long-Term Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel....Pages 269-270
Neutronics Benchmarks for the Utilization of Mixed Oxide Fuel in Water Reactors....Pages 271-279
Removal and Collection of Gallium from Surplus Weapons Plutonium....Pages 281-285
Fuel Test System for Gallium-Zirconium Interaction at the Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center....Pages 287-290
Can-In-Canister Alternative for Vitrification of Surplus Weapons Plutonium: Overview of Thermal Issues....Pages 291-296
Evaluation of Thermal Stresses During a Glass Pour....Pages 297-314
A Research Program in Automation, Robotics, and Tele-operation....Pages 315-320
Perspectives on Nuclear Materials Safety Management Methods at DOE Sites....Pages 321-325
Russian Perspectives on Nuclear Materials Safety Management Methods....Pages 327-328
US-Russian Technical Exchanges on Radioactive Aerosol Monitoring....Pages 329-332
Overview of Sandia National Laboratories and Khlopin Radium Institute Collaborative Radiological Accident Consequence Analysis Efforts....Pages 333-340
Review of Current Russian-American Joint Projects on Safe Management of Nuclear Materials....Pages 341-344
Summary: Planning for the Nuclear Materials Safety Management Initiative....Pages 345-360
Protocol of the Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Nuclear Materials Safety Management....Pages 361-368
Appendix: Internet Sites on Nuclear Materials Safety Management, Environmental Safety and Health, Arms Control and Disarmament, Performance-Based Management, and Lessons Learned....Pages 369-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-378