STREAMLINING RW MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION SAFETY SYSTEMS

The paper discusses the issues associated with the segregation of the radiation safety and RW management systems. It highlights the need for further upgrading of regulations and methodological provisions establishing the rules for waste categorization as radioactive as it comes to the lists of radionuclides and the numerical values involved; radioactive waste categorization as non-removable waste, identification of the potential hazard periods, selection of decommissioning strategies with the focus placed on the priority radionuclides. The study demonstrates that considering all spent nuclear fuel reprocessing scenarios no alternative can be proposed to the deep radioactive waste disposal option.

Keywords: radioactive waste, radiation safety, spent nuclear fuel, decommissioning, lists of radionuclides, fuel reprocessing, radioactive waste disposal.

Linge I. I. Streamlining RW management and radiation safety systems.Radioactive. Waste, 2023, no. 2 (23), pp. 21—34. DOI: 10.25283/2587-9707-2023-2-21-34. (In Russian).