№ 2 (23), JUNE 2023

In this issue of the Journal you can read: about assuring the uniformity in the measurements of rw characteristics during waste transfer for disposal, about assessment of gamma radiation dose rate from a container with radioactive waste, about leaching factors for a phosphate radioactive waste form under deep disposal conditions, about waterproofing properties of clay-based barrier materials and their experimental demonstration,  and about recent scientific researches on processing, conditioning, transportation, disposal of radioactive waste, international cooperation.

Sections of this issue:

• USS RW development
• Processing, conditioning and transportation of radioactive waste
• Matrices for the immobilization and processing of radioactive waste
• Disposal of radioactive waste
• Models and software for the safety analisis of radioactive waste disposial facilities
• News

• Assuring the Uniformity in the Measurements of RW Characteristics during Waste Transfer for Disposal (p. 8-20)
  A.N. Dorofeev, B.S. Zinnurov, A.P. Varlakov, A.V. Germanov, M.V. Ivliev, M.V. Chauzova, S.N. Kalmykov, V.G. Petrov
• Streamlining RW Management and Radiation Safety Systems (p. 21-34)
  I.I. Linge
• Assessment of Gamma Radiation Dose Rate from a Container with Radioactive Waste (p. 35-40)
  A.I. Ksenofontov, D.A. Savin
• Graphite Removal from Uranium-Graphite Reactors: International Experience and Approaches (p. 41-55)
  A.O. Paviluk, S.G. Kotlyarevskij, E.V. Bespala, A.E. Rif, R.I. Kan
• Experimental Study Aimed at Decreasing the Activity of Spent Ion-Exchange Resins (p. 56-62)
  A.V. Pospelova, N.N. Fetyukova, E.N. Pyankova
• Leaching Factors for a Phosphate Radioactive Waste form Under Deep Disposal Conditions (p. 63-81)
  K.V. Martynov, E.V. Zakharova
• Waterproofing Properties of Clay-Based Barrier Materials and their Experimental Demonstration (p. 82-89)
  A.A. Kalistratov, O.A. Ilina, A.O. Yudanova, P.V. Semin, S.A. Muzdybayeva
• Radionuclide Distribution on Clay Barrier Materials — Specific Aspects Associated with Experimental Evaluation of the Distribution Coefficients (p. 90-97)
  A.Y. Romanchuk, I.V. Mikheev, S.N. Kalmykov
• On the Feasibility Assessment of Clay Material Application in the Development of Engineered Safety Barrier Designs for Deep Geological RW Disposal at the Yeniseiskiy Site (p. 98-112)
  V.V. Krupskaya, E.A. Tyupina, S.V. Zakusin, O.A. Ilina, E.A. Saveleva
• Accounting for Engineered Barrier Saturation, Steel Container Corrosion, Hydrogen Production and Transfer within Fractured Rock in the Assessments of Low Sorbing Radionuclides Release from Geological Disposal Facilities (p. 113-126)
  S.A. Bogatov, V.V. Suskin