CEG and International Co-operation in the Frames of Nuclear Legacy Programmes in Russia

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CEG and International Co-operation

in the Frames of Nuclear Legacy Programmes in Russia

S. Antipov (IBRAE RAS)

V. Akhunov (NRC “Kurchatov Institute”)

Due to absolute priority of defense projects, in the

early years of nuclear weapons creation and

nuclear arms race problems related to the

management of Radioactive Waste (RW, radwaste)

and Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and the

decommissioning of Nuclear- and Radiation-

Hazardous Facilities (NRHF) amassed in a number

of countries including Russia

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By now, the U.S., the U.K. and France have collected wide experience in activities under such programmes having:

- long-term nature (50 to 70 years);

- focus on complete solution of the problems;

- no defenitive detailed solutions for specific facilities;

- clarification and more detailed elaboration of projects as experience is gained;

- a significant amount of annual funding from the state budget

(the U.S. – 9 billion USD/year, the U.K. – 3 billion USD/year)

Russia (Federal Programme NRS) ~ 0.5 billion USD/year (since 2008)

• 1995, May

• 1995, September

• 1995, December

participate in its work

• 1996, March

• 1996, April

Milestones of the CEG Establishment

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Initial Goals and Objectives of the CEG and the Global Partnership (GP)

Initial Goals and Objectives of the CEG and the Global Partnership (GP)

CEG

GOAL – to enhance safety of waste management in

Russia

RW of

weapons industry

RW of NS dismantling

RW of

fuel cycle

RW of land remediation

RW of the use of rad.sources

GP

GOAL – to prevent the proliferation of WMD, nuclear

materials and technologies (from Russia)

Destruction of chemical

weapons

Plutonium disposition

NS dismantling

Conversion of former weapons scientists

RW of

decommissioning activities

RW ^of

NRHF operation

RW of

uranium mining

COLLECTIVE BODIES PARTICIPATING IN THE CO-ORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL

CO-OPERATION ON COMPLEX DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR

SUBMARINES

1. THE IAEA CEG

2. NUCLEAR OPERATING COMMITTEE OF THE NDEP SUPPORT FUND

3. MNEPR COMMITTEE

4. CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEES FOR SPECIFIC FACILITIES

(Andreev Bay, Gremikha, etc.)

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GP

OBJECTIVE – to prevent the proliferation

of WMD, nuclear materials and

technologies (from Russia)

Destruction of chemical

weapons

Plutonium disposition Conversion

of former weapons scientists

Key Objectives of the CEG and the GP by 2012

NS complex decommissioning

CEG

OBJECTIVE – developing initiatives

to strengthen the technological safety and security of

SNF&RW in Russia

LRW

SRW

~ 420 mln. cub. m

~ 4,4

10

Bq

~ 70 mln. cub. m

~ 1,5

10

Bq Amounts of Radwaste Amassed in the Russian Federation as of 2010

At NS decommissioning facilities these volumes

are thousands of times smaller

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Total SRW as of 2010 ~ 70 mln. cub. m Total SRW as of 2010 ~ 70 mln. cub. m

5 062 51 333

13 464 185

29

206

Оборона - уран Оборона - топливо

Оборона - плутоний, ЯО, ЯУВН РосРАО и МосНПО "Радон"

Прочие АЭС

Defense Programmes:

RosRAO and Mos“RADON”

Others NPP

Defense – uranium Defense – fuel

Defense – plutonium, NW, NF

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Оборона - топливо

Оборона - плутоний, ЯО, ЯУВН РосРАО и МосНПО "Радон"

Прочие АЭС

Defense Programmes:

143 3 202 6

424 510

354

Defense – fuel

Defense – plutonium, NW, NF RosRAO and Mos“RADON”

Others NPP

РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК Институт проблем безопасного развития атомной энергетики РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК Институт проблем безопасного развития атомной энергетики RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Nuclear Safety Institute (IBRAE) RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Nuclear Safety Institute (IBRAE)

Образец заголовка Образец заголовка

Radwaste Locations in the Russian Federation

69 enterprises in 33 regions

European Part

21 regions

Ural

3 regions

Siberia

5 regions

Far East

4 regions

42 enterprises

10 enterprises 10 enterprises

7 enterprises

1170 temporary storage facilities

(30 types - for SRW; 18 types - for LRW)

NUCLEAR AND RADIATION-HAZARDOUS FACILITIES ALREADY SHUT DOWN AND PLANNED FOR THE

DECOMMISSIONIJNG

NUCLEAR AND RADIATION-HAZARDOUS FACILITIES ALREADY SHUT DOWN AND PLANNED FOR THE

DECOMMISSIONIJNG

• 4 NPP Units

• 10 Industrial U-Graphite Reactors

• 110 Other NRHFs of ROSATOM

• 50 NRHFs of Other Agencies

Planned Nuclear Legacy Elimination Activities Planned Nuclear Legacy Elimination Activities

Planned By 2015 By 2025

Elimination and

decommissioning of:

42 NRHF ~ 180 NRHF

Solution of amassed ‘nuclear legacy’ problems at:

~10% ~ 30%

Mothballing of special radwaste

~ 30%

Disposal of removable radwaste

~ 15%

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“The CEG came into being long before the GP, and it is only in the past years that there has been a relationship between the two… The mainstay of the CEG has been

( а ) Management and (b) Legacy Waste Issues (c) In Russia”.

“There is still a long agenda in Russia due to all the sings from the Soviet era. And a contribution to shouldering this burden will be a larger contribution to safety and security in the world

than looking for germs or chemicals in Chad, Bhutan and Paraguay”.

to the CEG Chairman's Letter Concerning the CEG Future:

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The search for application of the CEG forces elsewhere, in another direction, when

the initial task is not fulfilled (at least in general), would not be quite fair.

Clarification of the CEG place in the ‘nuclear

legacy’ activities performed today and scheduled

for the future in the Russian Federation would be

more correct.

THANK YOU !