Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic
Past practices associated with the civilian and military use of nuclear power in NW Russia present large environmental security risks of international concern. These risks arise from a variety of practices associated with weapons production, testing, power production and waste management. The threat...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:475648 2023-07-30T04:02:01+02:00 Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. Cowgill, M. Sullivan, T. 2023-04-18 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/475648 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/475648 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/475648 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/475648 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS USA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NORWAY RUSSIAN FEDERATION RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES LIQUID WASTES RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES NUCLEAR SHIPS SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS CRITICALITY 2023 ftosti 2023-07-11T08:34:14Z Past practices associated with the civilian and military use of nuclear power in NW Russia present large environmental security risks of international concern. These risks arise from a variety of practices associated with weapons production, testing, power production and waste management. The threats presented by these activities are multimedia in nature, span political boundaries and cannot be simply or inexpensively remediated. Today, cooperative efforts are being undertaken to improve environmental security by remediating existing and potential emission sources. Initial efforts focused on the upgrade and expansion of the Murmansk Low-level Liquid Waste Treatment Facility, Murmansk, Russia. This facility handles wastes generated during the decommissioning of Russian Nuclear Navy submarines and from the operation of the Russian commercial nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet. This upgraded facility is now being constructed and is expected to be completed by March 1998. Completion of this facility will result in the cessation of any future dumping of liquid radioactive wastes into the Barents and Kara Seas. Another large environmental security risk is the LEPSE. The LEPSE is a ship docked in Murmansk, Russia, that contains ~650 spent fuel elements as well as other solid and liquid wastes from Russian nuclear vessels. International efforts are now being mounted to remove the spent and damaged fuel from this ship, including the safe removal and storage/disposal of the fuel elements. This paper will summarize the environmental security problems presented by these different sources and the likely environmental security benefits associated with their remediation. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Icebreaker SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Arctic Murmansk Norway |
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS USA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NORWAY RUSSIAN FEDERATION RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES LIQUID WASTES RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES NUCLEAR SHIPS SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS CRITICALITY Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. Cowgill, M. Sullivan, T. Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic |
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS USA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION NORWAY RUSSIAN FEDERATION RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES LIQUID WASTES RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES NUCLEAR SHIPS SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS CRITICALITY |
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Past practices associated with the civilian and military use of nuclear power in NW Russia present large environmental security risks of international concern. These risks arise from a variety of practices associated with weapons production, testing, power production and waste management. The threats presented by these activities are multimedia in nature, span political boundaries and cannot be simply or inexpensively remediated. Today, cooperative efforts are being undertaken to improve environmental security by remediating existing and potential emission sources. Initial efforts focused on the upgrade and expansion of the Murmansk Low-level Liquid Waste Treatment Facility, Murmansk, Russia. This facility handles wastes generated during the decommissioning of Russian Nuclear Navy submarines and from the operation of the Russian commercial nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet. This upgraded facility is now being constructed and is expected to be completed by March 1998. Completion of this facility will result in the cessation of any future dumping of liquid radioactive wastes into the Barents and Kara Seas. Another large environmental security risk is the LEPSE. The LEPSE is a ship docked in Murmansk, Russia, that contains ~650 spent fuel elements as well as other solid and liquid wastes from Russian nuclear vessels. International efforts are now being mounted to remove the spent and damaged fuel from this ship, including the safe removal and storage/disposal of the fuel elements. This paper will summarize the environmental security problems presented by these different sources and the likely environmental security benefits associated with their remediation. |
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Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. Cowgill, M. Sullivan, T. |
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Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. Cowgill, M. Sullivan, T. |
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Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic |
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Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic |
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Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic |
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Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic |
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Environmental Security Benefits Arising from Russian/Norwegian/U.S. Cooperation in the High Arctic |
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environmental security benefits arising from russian/norwegian/u.s. cooperation in the high arctic |
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