№ 2(11), JUNE 2020

In this issue of the Journal you can read: about decommissioning radioactive waste storage facilities of FSUE RosRAO’s Murmansk department branch in the North-Western territorial district; about scientific and design aspects of liquid radioactive waste vitrification from nuclear power plants with WWER-1200 reactor units; about potential of a “Digital Twin” technology for the purposes of research in the Nizhnekanskiy Rock Mass underground research laboratory; and about recent scientific researches on processing, conditioning, transportation, disposal of radioactive waste, international cooperation and more.

Sections of this issue:

• USS RW development
• RW management during nuclear decommissioning
• Disposal of radioactive waste
• Processing, conditioning and transportation of radioactive waste
• Models and software for the safety analisis of radioactive waste disposial facilities
• News
• Editorial

• Content
• Decommissioning Radioactive Waste Storage Facilities FSUE RosRAO’s Murmansk Department Branch in the North-Western Territorial District (p. 17-24)
  D.N. Vlasov, D.N. Zamaskin, O.O. Kaminsky, A.V. Kamorny, A.V. Lukashin, A.I. Sobolev
• Experience of FSUE “RADON” on Decommissioning of Radiation and Nuclear Hazardous Facilities and Remediation (p. 25-35)
  M.N. Diordiy, A.I. Chabanyuk
• RW Disposal in Russia: Analysis of Key Safety Issues and Boosting their Solution at Scientific and Technical Councils of the State Corporation “Rosatom” (p. 36-55)
  S.S. Utkin, A.N. Dorofeev, V.I. Dorogov
• Scientific and Design Aspects of Liquid Radioactive Waste Vitrification from Nuclear Power Plants with WWER-1200 Reactor Units (p. 56-65)
  V.T. Sorokin, D.I. Pavlov, V.A. Kashcheev, N.D. Musatov, A.S. Barinov
• Application of a specific indicator for the estimation of radioactive wastes generation volumes during normal operation of nuclear power plants in Russia (p. 66-74)
  A.A. Ekidin, K.L. Antonov
• Aluminosilicate Sediment Dissolution in Liquid Radioactive Waste Storage Facilities (p. 75-84)
  T.A. Kulagina, V.A. Kulagin
• Numerical Safety Assessment and Optimization of Decisions on Radioactive Waste Disposal and Nuclear Decommissioning: Trends, Needs, Opportunities (p. 85-98)
  I.I. Linge, S.S. Utkin, V.S. Svitelman, S.A. Deryabin
• Potential of a “Digital Twin” Technology for the Purposes of Research in the Nizhnekanskiy Rock Mass Underground Research Laboratory (p. 99-108)
  V.V. Kononov, V.L. Tikhonovsky, S.S. Guralev, I.A. Bychkova, S.S. Utkin, V.S. Svitelman
• Swelling Behaviour and Permeability of Compacted Bentonites at High Salinity as Influenced by Fluid Pressure Changes (p. 109-119)
  A.Y. Meleshyn