Creation of system for disused SRS

management and elimination of

nuclear legacy

Lyubov Zinkevych

Plenary meeting

Contact Expert Group19-21 November 2014

Rome, Italy

State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone

Management

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Centralized enterprise

for the RW Management

SSE

Scientific and technical center for

deactivation and comprehensive

management of RW, materials,

ionizing radiation sources

SE

Kyiv state interregional

special combine

SSE

Odesa state interregional

special combine

SSE

Lviv state interregional

special combine

SSE

Dnipropetrovsk state

interregional special combine

SSE

Kharkiv state interregional

special combine

SSE

Donetsk state special combine

SSE

“Ukrainian State

Corporation

“Radon”

Ukrainian

radiological

training center

Chart of disused SRS management

at special combines till 2000s

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Transfer of disused SRS from owners to Radon

enterprises

Packaging for transport

Package unloading and dispatching

Transportation to Radon

special enterprises

Receipt of disused SRS and

recording

Storage of neutron

sources

Retrieval of disused SRS

from containers and disposal in well-type

storages

Disposal in near-

surface storage of solid RW

As of 01.01.2014 in Ukraine:

• 626 SRS users

• 9943 sources registered in the State SRS

Register;

• 1443 sources of first category are used for X-

ray therapy and in radiation installation;

• Spheres of use – medicine, industry

(measuring devices, radiography, boreholes

logging) science.

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Medicine 2%

Structures of the Ministry of

Health and the Ministry of

Emergencies

18%

Scientific and Project

Establishments

7%

Industry47%

Transport13%

Fuel and Energy complex

7%

Other6%

ОИИИ, принятые на спецкомбинаты "ГК "УкрГО "Радон" в 2013 р.,

от основных групп поставщиков

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State System of RW Accounting

•SAEZ – creation and

organization of Register and

Cadastre maintenance

• Ukrainian State Corporation

“Radon” – Register and Cadastre

maintenance

•State Inventories:

1 – 1999-2000

2 – 2003

3 – 2007

4 – 2010

5 - 2013.

State system

of

RW Accounting

RW RegisterCadastre of

repositories

Regional Center

Kyiv Radon

SSE Centralized

enterprise for the

RW Management

Regional Center

Dnipropetrovs'k

Radon

Regional Center

Donetsk Radon

Regional Center

Odessa Radon

Regional Center

Kharkiv Radon

Regional Center

Lviv Radon

Main

information

and analytical

center

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Amount of accumulated SRS, pcs

as of 01.01.2014

Exclusion Zone

SSE “ChNPP”(storage)

3714 pcs.

Under Operation and Recorded in State RW

Register

(9943 pcs.)

Ukrainian State Corporation “Radon”

(storage)

50839 pcs.

NNEGC

“Energoatom”

(storage) 5715 pcs.

Containers for disused SRS at the

Ukrainian State Corporation “Radon”

specialized enterprisesSpecialized enterprise Type of container Availability

Dniptopetrovsk state interregional

specialized combine

УКТІВ-120, ПКТ1В-180Н, ПКТ1В-

230, ПКТ1В-260-12, ПКТ1Ф-420Н

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Donetsk state specialized combine ПКТ1В-180Н, УКТ1В-80 2

Kyiv state interregional

specialized combine

УТА 00.00.000 1

Kharkiv state interregional

specialized combine

УКТ-І А-60, УКТІВ-80, УКТІВ-100,

УКТІВ-120, ПКТ1В-180, КН-4, УТА

00.00.000

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Odesa state interregional

specialized combine

УТА 00.00.000 1

Lviv state interregional

specialized combine

КИЗ-17, КН-Н, УКТ-І А-100, УКТ-І А-

80

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Total 44

ПКТIВ-180НПКТІІА-420Н ПКТIВ-230Н

УТА 00.00.000

DSRS Transportation

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4 specialized vehicles has been

produced under the US technical

assistance

Storage of disused SRS in well-

type storages

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Storage with the capacity of 20

kg-eqv. Ra has been build and

operated since 1990. It is equipped

with trip, radiation protection

systems and alarm system.

Contains several thousands of

sources with total activity

approximately 0,3 kg-eqv.Ra.

Main nuclide - Cs-137.

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Transport packaging set is intended for

safe transportation and temporary storage

of disused closed SRS with isotope 137Cs

60Co.

Capacity of loading can of shielding

container enables to place up to 1000

retrieved sources.

Transport packaging set ПКТІВ-

120Н

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Module mobile protective cell for unloading of the blocks

SRS, place at the sites of Ukrainian State Corporation

“Radon”

Assigned for safe extraction of

sealed (enclosed) SRS from

the blocks sources of type

Э-1/Э-3, Э-1М/Э-4М, БГИ -30,

БГИ-45, БГИ-60А, БГИ-75А,

БГИ-90А, БГИ-45У, БГИ-60У,

БГИ-75У, БГИ-90У and their

transshipment into container

from the Transport packaging

set ПКТІВ-120Н.

Mobile hot site

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Mobile complex for unloading

of the blocks SRS

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Centralized disused SRS Storage

The Storage is being built

with the financial support of

the Department of Energy

and Climate Changes of the

United Kingdom and

European Commission

Construction Start – March 2011

End of construction – December 2014

General characteristics of Centralized

Storage for DSRS

Expected amount of DSRS is approximately 500 000 spc.

Main works on storage loading are oriented for the period up to 15 years with average production from 6 to 120 sources per day.

Into the storage are placed:

� RAW in the form of DSRS in transport packaging sets (ПКТIВ-120Н, ПКТ I В-180Н, ПКТ I В-230Н, ПКТ I В-260-12, ПКТ II В-420 type or in other certified containers)

� DSRS in SRS blocks (type БГИ and Э)

� packages with alpha-sources in containers-collectors КС-004А

� radioisotope thermoelectric generator (“Betta-M” type RTG)

Primary technologies

According to transport- process scheme of the storage there are envisaged five flows :

� 1 Flow – RTG

� 2 Flow – blocks of sources BGR type

� 3 Flow – neutron sources

� 4 Flow– γ (Со-60, Cs-137 etc.), β (Sr -90/Y-90 etc.), α+γ(Ra-226, Am-241)-sorces

� 5 Flow– α - sources(Pu-238, 239)

General schematic of sources movement in

Centralized Storage for DSRS

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Logistic plan of DSRS transportation from special

combines to Centralized Storage for DSRS

• Information about presence of DSRS at special combines

• Availability of containers (packaging sets) at special combines, suitable for transportation into

Centralized Storage for DSRS.

• Availability of purpose-build vehicle suitable for containers transportation into Centralized Storage

for DSRS.

• Development of proposals concerning their transportation priority into Centralized Storage.

• Additional needs in purpose-build vehicles.

• Additional needs in containers, stands, other equipment which may be used in works related to

preparation to transportation and direct transportation of DSRS into Centralized Storage for

DSRS.

• Level of readiness of centralized Storage for acceptance of neutron sources from special

combines.

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Automated system of management of

radioactive waste transportation

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Public campaign on collection of

orphaned SRS from the population

Puprose:

•to create a mechanisms of delivery by individuals and entities of

radioactive materials without charging and without penalties

•to interest population in SRS delivery to special combines

• to raise awareness of potential SRS hazard on human health and

environment

•to explain that illegal trade of radioactive materials would not bring

substantial gains

First stage:

Introduction of amendments in the Criminal Code of Ukraine

concerning voluntary delivery of radioactive materials

Second stage: pilot campaign in one of region

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RAW management of Military Programs Origin from

the Soviet Period in Ukraine

Signing ceremony of the Implementing Agreement

between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and

the NATO Support Organization (NSPO) for the

Disposal of Radioactive Sources of Military

Programs Origin from the Soviet Period in Ukraine

18 September 2013

� October 2010 – start of holding

consultations and negotiations with the

management of NATO Support

Organization

� 06.07.2011 – consideration of this issue

at the meeting of the Working Group of

the Ukraine-NATO Commission

� 5-8.09.2011 – expert mission to the

objects (storages)

� 1.12.2011 – Trust Fund creation

officially confirmed официально

� 2012 – developed the draft

Implementing Agreement

� 18.09.2013 – Implementing Agreement

has been signed

� 2014 – internal procedures for

ratification of the Implementing

Agreement

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List of the proposed projects

1. Storage for long term storage of high level vitrified RAW from

processing of spent nuclear fuel of reactors VVER-440 of Ukrainian

NPP, coming from Russian Federation:

• storage construction;

• development and production of nonstandard equipment including load-

transfer device and penal for long-term storage of vitrified high level

RAW

• 2. Disused sealed radioactive sources:

• Management of SRS, which are placed at well-type storages

(inspection, development and production of equipment for retrieval,

works on extraction);

• production of containers for neutron sources (type ПКТІІА-420Н or

ПКТІІА-500Н)

• development and production of recharging containers, compliant with

containers ПКТІІА-420Н or ПКТІІА-500Н (if supplier does not have the

hot cell for transshipment of neutron SRS)

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• production of stands for transshipment of neutron sources

from one container into another.

• production of containers for γ- sources.

• production of technology containers for SRS sorting in hot

cells of Centralized Storage.

• development of equipment and SRS retrieval from the inactive

“historical” storages.

• RTG transportation from Odesa special combine to

Centralized Storage.

• instrumentation of Ukrainian State Corporation “Radon” rapid

response teams with technical means for radiological

emergency response connected with loss of control over SRS

(special technical means for accident localization, containers,

radiation-measurement equipment, field instrumentarium for

express analysis)

List of the proposed projects

(continuation)

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THANK YOU FOR

YOUR ATTENTION!