14.09.2016
Leningrad NPP Information and Public Relations Administration
The former military bases at the northern cross-border regions that have accumulated a lot of radioactive materials, waste, and spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear submarines taken out of service in 1980-19990 along with other nuclear facilities of the Northern-Western region are the objects of discussion. In 1997, Norway was the first country to start working with Russia on joint projects in radioactive waste and spent fuel recycling at the Kolsk peninsula Arctic seaside as a part of the technical help program. Other European Union member states joined the project subsequently, with many new directions arising, and the cooperation evolved into a Global partnership.
As of now, this cooperation covers the areas of emergency preparedness and emergency response, environment monitoring, radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel handling, nuclear facilities shutdown, and regulatory bodies’ cooperation.
At the moment, the necessary technological infrastructure for radioactive waste handling, nuclear submarine recycling, and nuclear waste transportation for further recycling is nearing completion at the Andreev Bay, Saida Bay, the Gremiha, Nerpa, Zdezdochka, and Atomflot facilities.
It was noted that 500 tons of radioactive waste have already been processed at those objects. 79 out of 120 shut nuclear submarines are ready for recycling. The projects on making sure the spent nuclear fuel loaded off the nuclear submarines is safe have been completed, too. The first spent assembly is planned to be transported for further processing next year.
“In 2017, we are starting with scheduled spent nuclear fuel disposal, and this fuel will be processed at PO Mayak”, Oleg Kriukov, the Rosatom State Corporation director of state policy in radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, and operation of radiation-hazardous facilities, the Russian-Norwegian commission co-chairman, said. “By 2024, we expect to dispose of over 22 thousand spent nuclear assemblies from the nuclear submarines. The work pace is important for us; however, safety is our number one priority. Norway isn’t the only country taking place in this project; however, it was the first one. I would like to stress that Russia invests lots of money and efforts into radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel disposal from the Kolsk peninsula. The established infrastructure helps us to both avoid waste accumulation in the future and to eventually make this territory free from any radiation-hazardous objects”.
Speaking of emergency preparedness, in September 2015, Russia and Norway signed a Prompt Notification Agreement. For one year the parties practiced cooperation during the emergency response exercises, one of which took place in October 2015 at the Leningrad NPP and another one in June 2016 at the Andreev Bay. The Russian partners established an affiliate office of the Rosatom Emergency Center in the city of Murmansk to facilitate prompt response to any possible incidents in the Arctic region.
The commission members noted that thanks to the perennial cooperation in the realm of environment monitoring they can state that the atmosphere and the water resources did not deteriorate, while the regulatory bodies’ representatives said that the radiation background in the region changed for the better.
The Leningrad NPP and the Kolsk NPP are the parts of the mutual information exchange zone between Russia and Norway. During the meeting, the Leningrad NPP delivered a report on RBMK power blocks’ shutdown preparations and perspectives, as well as the peculiarities of the substitution VVER-1200 power blocks’ security systems. The members of the Russian-Norwegian commission familiarized themselves with the progress of the 1st VVER-1200 power block’s construction and preparation during their visit to the construction site.
Summarizing the visit, Ture Hattrem, the state secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the commission co-chairman, was encouraged with the outcomes of the long-lasting cooperation and thanked his Russian counterparts for the information provided and the opportunity to learn about the new technologies utilized at the Leningrad NPP.
“Russia and Norway are neighboring countries, and we need to combine our efforts in healthcare and environment protection. Information exchange fosters well-being for our people. We are happy about the results we have achieved in promoting radiation and nuclear safety”, he added.
The next meeting of the Russian-Norwegian commission will take place in June 2017 in the Norwegian city of Kirkenes and will be dedicated to the results of the 20-years’ cooperation. It will also mark the beginning of the technological operations related to the first batch of spent nuclear fuel assemblies being transported from the Andreev Bay into PO Mayak for recycling.
The Leningrad NPP is an affiliate company for Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is based in the city of Sosnovy Bor, 40 km to the west from Saint Petersburg at the Gulf of Finland shore. The Leningrad NPP is the first Russian nuclear power plant having RBMK-1000 reactors (uranium-graphite channel-type thermal neutron reactors). The NPP exploits 4 power blocks with the electric capacity of 1000 megawatt each. Also, pursuant to the NPP-2006 project, 1,2 VVER-1200 power blocks included into The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM long-term plan are being constructed. Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC is the owner and developer of the project. Holding TITAN-2 is the primary contractor. ATOMPROEKT is the general designer.
Leningrad NPP Information and Public Relations Administration
The Russian-Norwegian commission at the Leningrad NPP has summarized the outcomes of the long-term partnership in the realm of nuclear and radiation security
On September 13, 2016, the 19th meeting of the Russian-Norwegian nuclear and radiation security committee at the Leningrad NPP came to an end. The participants discussed the most important results of their long-lasting cooperation.
The former military bases at the northern cross-border regions that have accumulated a lot of radioactive materials, waste, and spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear submarines taken out of service in 1980-19990 along with other nuclear facilities of the Northern-Western region are the objects of discussion. In 1997, Norway was the first country to start working with Russia on joint projects in radioactive waste and spent fuel recycling at the Kolsk peninsula Arctic seaside as a part of the technical help program. Other European Union member states joined the project subsequently, with many new directions arising, and the cooperation evolved into a Global partnership.
As of now, this cooperation covers the areas of emergency preparedness and emergency response, environment monitoring, radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel handling, nuclear facilities shutdown, and regulatory bodies’ cooperation.
At the moment, the necessary technological infrastructure for radioactive waste handling, nuclear submarine recycling, and nuclear waste transportation for further recycling is nearing completion at the Andreev Bay, Saida Bay, the Gremiha, Nerpa, Zdezdochka, and Atomflot facilities.
It was noted that 500 tons of radioactive waste have already been processed at those objects. 79 out of 120 shut nuclear submarines are ready for recycling. The projects on making sure the spent nuclear fuel loaded off the nuclear submarines is safe have been completed, too. The first spent assembly is planned to be transported for further processing next year.
“In 2017, we are starting with scheduled spent nuclear fuel disposal, and this fuel will be processed at PO Mayak”, Oleg Kriukov, the Rosatom State Corporation director of state policy in radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, and operation of radiation-hazardous facilities, the Russian-Norwegian commission co-chairman, said. “By 2024, we expect to dispose of over 22 thousand spent nuclear assemblies from the nuclear submarines. The work pace is important for us; however, safety is our number one priority. Norway isn’t the only country taking place in this project; however, it was the first one. I would like to stress that Russia invests lots of money and efforts into radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel disposal from the Kolsk peninsula. The established infrastructure helps us to both avoid waste accumulation in the future and to eventually make this territory free from any radiation-hazardous objects”.
Speaking of emergency preparedness, in September 2015, Russia and Norway signed a Prompt Notification Agreement. For one year the parties practiced cooperation during the emergency response exercises, one of which took place in October 2015 at the Leningrad NPP and another one in June 2016 at the Andreev Bay. The Russian partners established an affiliate office of the Rosatom Emergency Center in the city of Murmansk to facilitate prompt response to any possible incidents in the Arctic region.
The commission members noted that thanks to the perennial cooperation in the realm of environment monitoring they can state that the atmosphere and the water resources did not deteriorate, while the regulatory bodies’ representatives said that the radiation background in the region changed for the better.
The Leningrad NPP and the Kolsk NPP are the parts of the mutual information exchange zone between Russia and Norway. During the meeting, the Leningrad NPP delivered a report on RBMK power blocks’ shutdown preparations and perspectives, as well as the peculiarities of the substitution VVER-1200 power blocks’ security systems. The members of the Russian-Norwegian commission familiarized themselves with the progress of the 1st VVER-1200 power block’s construction and preparation during their visit to the construction site.
Summarizing the visit, Ture Hattrem, the state secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the commission co-chairman, was encouraged with the outcomes of the long-lasting cooperation and thanked his Russian counterparts for the information provided and the opportunity to learn about the new technologies utilized at the Leningrad NPP.
“Russia and Norway are neighboring countries, and we need to combine our efforts in healthcare and environment protection. Information exchange fosters well-being for our people. We are happy about the results we have achieved in promoting radiation and nuclear safety”, he added.
The next meeting of the Russian-Norwegian commission will take place in June 2017 in the Norwegian city of Kirkenes and will be dedicated to the results of the 20-years’ cooperation. It will also mark the beginning of the technological operations related to the first batch of spent nuclear fuel assemblies being transported from the Andreev Bay into PO Mayak for recycling.
The Leningrad NPP is an affiliate company for Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is based in the city of Sosnovy Bor, 40 km to the west from Saint Petersburg at the Gulf of Finland shore. The Leningrad NPP is the first Russian nuclear power plant having RBMK-1000 reactors (uranium-graphite channel-type thermal neutron reactors). The NPP exploits 4 power blocks with the electric capacity of 1000 megawatt each. Also, pursuant to the NPP-2006 project, 1,2 VVER-1200 power blocks included into The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM long-term plan are being constructed. Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC is the owner and developer of the project. Holding TITAN-2 is the primary contractor. ATOMPROEKT is the general designer.
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