№ 4(5), DECEMBER 2018

In this issue of the Journal you can read: about the near-surface disposal facilities of radioactive waste;  about technologies of radioactive waste disposal; about experience of recycling the liquid radioactive waste at the Kola NP; about review of Russian scientific publications on radioactive waste management printed in 2017—2018. and about recent scientific researches on processing, conditioning, transportation, disposal of radioactive waste, international cooperation and more.

Sections of this issue:

• USS RW development
• 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

• Editorial (p. 2-3)
• On the first anniversary (p. 6-7)
  L.A. Bolshov
• The Near-Surface Disposal Facilities of Radioactive Waste: Operational Experience (p. 8-14)
  I.A. Pron, V.Y. Konovalov
• VLLW Disposal Experience: Perspectives for Russia (p. 15-23)
  I.L. Abalkina
• Technologies of radioactive waste disposal: European experience and trends (p. 24-32)
  V.T. Sorokin, D.I. Pavlov
• On comprehensive approach to use clay materials as nuclear facilities safety barriers. (p. 33-41)
  I.I. Linge, A.Y. Ivanov, K.S. Kazakov
• An Approach to Monitoring of the Geosphere and Underground Engineer Barrier System of Deep Geological Injection Facilities and Some Results of Monitoring (p. 42-48)
  I.A. Pron, A.V. Tkachenko, V.V. Martyanov, J.V. Trofimova, I.V. Yakovleva
• Experience of recycling the liquid radioactive waste at the Kola NPP (p. 49-54)
  S.R. Avezniyazov, M.R. Stakhiv
• Basic Approaches, Experience and Problems Related to Reprocessing of Liquid Radioactive Waste of Complex Chemical Composition Accumulated in Storage Tanks (p. 55-66)
  P.V. Kozlov, M.B. Remizov, R.A. Makarovskij, I.I. Dementyeva, N.A. Lupekha, E.N. Zubrilovskij, S.V. Kustov, A.A. Miroshnichenko
• Physico-chemical characteristics of the vitrified simulated HLW at EDC MCC (p. 67-75)
  A.S. Aloy, A.V. Trofimenko, T.I. Koltsova, M.V. Nikandrova
• On the development of requirements for measurement of radiation characteristics of solid radioactive waste generated during decommissioning (p. 76-82)
  A.P. Varlakov, Y.V. Sergeecheva, M.V. Ivliev, A.V. Germanov
• On some aspects of identifying "good practices"under the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (p. 83-89)
  A.V. Haperskaya, A.N. Dorofeev, S.S. Utkin, V.I. Dorogov, A.A. Samoylov, E.G. Mamchits, A.V. Ponizov, A.L. Vasilishin
• Exact analytical solutions for non-steady heat transfer problems and their role in verification of models for thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in deep geological radioactive waste repositories (p. 90-98)
  Y.N. Tokarev, R.A. Butov, N.I. Drobyishevskiy, E.V. Moiseenko
• Exact analytical solutions for non-steady heat transfer problems and their role in verification of models for thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in deep geological radioactive waste repositories (p. 90-98)
  Y.N. Tokarev, E.V. Moiseenko, N.I. Drobyishevskiy, R.A. Butov