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Decommissioned Submarines in the Russian Northwest

Assessing and Eliminating Risks

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Elizabeth J. Kirk

    1. American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN2, volume 32)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  3. Spent Nuclear Fuel

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. The Development of a Comprehensive Understanding of the Handling and Transport of Submarines’ Spent Fuel Out of Northwestern Russia

      • Valerij Abramushkin, Bjørn Borgaas, Kåre Rygg Johnsen
      Pages 27-40

    3. The Lepse Project

      • Henri De La Bassetiere
      Pages 41-47

    4. Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Arctic Far North

      • A. P. Hoskins, R. A. Rankin, B. G. Motes, J. O. Carlson, C. W. Lagle, K. R. Johnsen
      Pages 49-55

    5. Multi-Purpose Casks for Power Station Fuel

      • Nigel Mote
      Pages 57-68

  4. Low- and Medium-Level Liquid and Solid Wastes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Application of IVO International Ltd.’s “Mobile Nuclide Removal System” (NURES) for Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment at the Paldiski Naval Training Center, Estonia and at the Repair and Technology Enterprise RTP “Atomflot,” Murmansk, Russia

      • Juhani Johansson, Aage Lahtinen, Esko Kinnunen, Juhan Tyrväinen
      Pages 71-89

    3. The Development of a Modular Plant for Processing Liquid Radioactive Wastes from the Nuclear Fleet

      • R. A. Penzin, V. S. Sheptunov, B. M. Lesohin, B. K. Bulygin, A. A. Shvedov
      Pages 91-94

    4. Low and Medium Radioactive Solid Waste

      • Serge Merlin
      Pages 95-112

    5. Catalytic Extraction Process (CEP) Applications to Mixed and Radioactive Wastes and Weapons Components

      • Michael Landrum, Christopher A. Herbst, Eric P. Loewen, Anna Protopapas, Claire A. Chanenchuk, Esther W. Wong
      Pages 113-125

  5. Risk Assessment and Monitoring Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Assessment of Radioactive Contamination in the Arctic

      • Per Strand
      Pages 129-131

    3. Spent Nuclear Fuel Issues on the Kola Peninsula

      • Knut Gussgard
      Pages 133-140

    4. Time-Risk Methodologies for Examining Remediation Technologies for Waste Contamination Sites

      • Edward A. McBean, Frank A. Rovers, Darrell E. O’Donnell
      Pages 141-158

  6. Summary and Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Integration of Technical Projects with Larger Political and Economic Contexts

      • Elizabeth J. Kirk
      Pages 161-174
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Until the late 1970s, most commercial power plant operators outside the United States adopted a spent fuel management policy of immediate reprocessing and recycling of recovered products. In response to rising reprocessing prices, decreasing values of re­ covered products, concerns over proliferation risks, and a belief in the favorable eco­ nomics of direct disposal, many utilities have since opted to store spent fuel on an in­ terim basis pending the availability of direct disposal facilities or a change in the eco­ nomic and/or political climate for reprocessing and recycling uranium and plutonium. Spent fuel has traditionally been stored in water-filled pools located in the reactor building or fuel handling buildings, on reactor sites, or as part of large centralized fa­ cilities (e.g. Sellafield, La Hague, CLAB). Because the economics of pool storage are dependent on the size of the facility, the construction of additional separate pools on reactor sites has only been pursued in a few countries, such as Finland and Bulgaria.

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  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA

    Elizabeth J. Kirk

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