STRATEGY FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

The paper explores the prerequisites for waste management strategy development addressing the radioactive waste which has been generated and is being generated in the Republic of Belarus in various sectors of its national economy (medicine, industry, science and other areas). It describes the structure and the content of this document. It summarizes the state-of-art in radioactive waste management emphasizing that this system is characterized by active legislative improvement guiding further development of the law enforcement practice. The paper also notes the key focus areas for further development of the radioactive waste management system, including the management of decontamination waste originating from Chernobyl.

Keywords: radioactive waste, decontamination waste, radioactive waste disposal facility, radiation safety, factors of natural and man-made origin, site selection, cluster, strategy

Lugovskaya O. M., Pavlov D. E., Shastouskaya S. A. Strategy for Radioactive Waste Management in the Republic of Belarus. Radioactive Waste, 2023, no. 4 (25), pp. 72—80. DOI: 10.25283/2587-9707-2023-4-72-80. (In Russian).