Remaining Issues in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Powered Vessels: Including Issues Related to the Environmental Remediation of the Supporting Infrastructure

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opening Address....Pages 3-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Utilization of Russian Nuclear Submarines: Contents of the Problem, Review of the Actual Status, Analysis of the Related Risks and International Cooperation....Pages 9-26
Overview of the Status and Issues Related to the Decommissioning of Nuclear Vessels in Russia....Pages 27-34
Overview of Status and Issues Related to the Decommissioning of Nuclear Vessels in France....Pages 35-38
Inactivation and Recycling of Nuclear Vessels in the USA Overview and Status....Pages 39-41
Perspectives on Risks Associated with Nuclear Vessels....Pages 43-47
On Risk in Decommissioning of Nuclear Submarines (NS)....Pages 49-61
Decommissioning and Dismantling of French Nuclear Submarines: Industral Issues....Pages 63-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Bilateral Cooperation Related to the Decommissioning of Nuclear Vessels Between the USA and the Russian Federation — Status and Issues....Pages 67-71
Military Environmental Cooperation on Radioactive and Non-radioactive Waste in Russia’s Northwest and Far East....Pages 73-78
Non-Proliferation and other Security-Related Issues Associated with the Dismantling of Nuclear Vessels in North-West Russia....Pages 79-90
Experience of International Cooperation and Unresolved Issues of Utilizing Nuclear Submarines and Nuclear Maintenance Support Vessels in the Far East Region of Russia....Pages 91-95
International Co-Operation for Nuclear Submarine Disposal: Current Results and Future Prospects....Pages 97-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
System Analysis of Environmental Risks: Basic Problems and Methods of Solution....Pages 105-112
Analysis of the Radiation Potential of the Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines and Reactor Units....Pages 113-124
Improving Nuclear and Radiation Safety During the Process of Russian Nuclear Submarine Utilization....Pages 125-130
Analysis of the Radiation Risk for the Population at Different Stages of Nuclear Submarine Utilization....Pages 131-142
Radiation Burden in Regions Resulting from Nuclear Submarine Handling after Decommissioning and the Existing Uncertainties in their Estimation....Pages 143-154
Automated Radiological Monitoring at a Russian Ministry of Defence Naval Site....Pages 155-161
Analysis of the Radioecological Situation Within Bays of Nuclear Submarine and Floating Reactor Compartment Storage....Pages 163-179
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
The Forecast of the Possible Radioecological Consequences and Risk of Damage to the Health of Critical Groups of the Population from Sunken Nuclear Submarines and other Radiation-Dangerous Objects on the Bottom of the Ocean....Pages 181-187
Radiation Impact on the Environment when Handling Fuel of Dispositioned Nuclear Submarines at GMP “Zvezdochka”....Pages 189-197
Methodological Aspects of Assessing the Radioecological Situation at Contaminated Territories Adjacent to Russian Naval Bases to Perform Their Subsequent Rehabilitation....Pages 199-206
Radioecological Monitoring of Defuelling of Damaged Spent Fuel from Storage Facilities of Floating Shops....Pages 207-231
Issues of Novaya Zemlia Bay Rehabilitation Due to the Dumping of Radiation-Dangerous Facilities....Pages 233-240
Ensuring Safety of Nuclear Submarimes Stored Afloat after Decommissioning....Pages 241-246
Possibilities of Using a Multifunctional System of Sanogenetic Monitoring to Perform a Physiological and Hygienic Survey of Different Work-Status Personnel at Nuclear Shipbuilding Enterprises....Pages 247-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Actual Status and Problems of Spent Nuclear Fuel Management at Coastal Facilities of the Northwest Region and the Far East Region of Russia....Pages 257-260
Transport and Technological Flowsheets for Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Nuclear Submarines Under Utilization in the Northwest Region & the Far East Region of Russia: Problems and Solutions....Pages 261-266
Storing and Shipping of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Ships: New Engineering Solutions and Probable Radiation Effects of an Accident....Pages 267-283
Options for the Handling and Storage of Nuclear Vessel Spent Fuel....Pages 285-295
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste in the Decommissioning of French Nuclear Submarines....Pages 297-299
Assessment of the Probability of Initiating a Spontaneous Chain Reaction within Metallic-Concrete Transportation Casks: Case of Temporary Storage of Vessel Spent Nuclear Fuel of the Russian Navy....Pages 301-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Radiation-Equivalent Approach to Radioactive Waste Management....Pages 309-317
Nuclear Vessel Utilization: Basic Pathways of Realizing Engineering Solutions of the Conceptual Lrw & Srw Management Flowsheet in the Northwest Region of Russia....Pages 319-328
Ways of Minimizing Amounts of Radioactive Wastes Created During Nuclear Submarine Utilization....Pages 329-337
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Problems of Long Term and Safe Storage of Unloaded and Non-Unloaded Spent Nuclear Fuel for Nuclear Submarines with Liquid-Metal Coolant....Pages 341-348
Current Problems of Utilization of Nuclear Submarines with Liquid-Metal Coolant....Pages 349-355
Step-by-Step Solution to the Project on Long-Term Storage of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Submarines with Heavy Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors....Pages 357-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Substantiation of the Necessity to Construct centers for Long-Term Reactor Compartment Storage and Principal Technical Solutions on Environmentally Safe Storage of Reactor Units of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines....Pages 367-371
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Specific Features of the NS “Kursk” Utilization....Pages 373-378
Development of Computer Models and Informational Support Systems for Utilization of Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines....Pages 379-391
Toward a System Dynamical Model of Russian Nuclear Submarine Dismantlement Barriers....Pages 393-402
Creating Adequate Public Opinion in Russian Regions as a Top-Priority Task of Nuclear Submarine Utilization & Radioactive Waste Management....Pages 403-406