US and Russian innovative technologies to process low-level liquid radioactive wastes: The Murmansk initiative

• Main Authors: Dyer, R. S., Penzin, R., Duffey, R. B., Sorlie, A.
• Other Authors: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Brookhaven National Laboratory 1996
• Subjects: Low-Level Radioactive Wastes; Radioactive Waste Facilities; Liquid Wastes; Radioactive Waste Processing; 05 Nuclear Fuels; Russian Federation; Arctic; Murmansk
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc677419/

This paper documents the status of the technical design for the upgrade and expansion to the existing Low-level Liquid Radioactive Waste (LLLRW) treatment facility in Murmansk, the Russian Federation. This facility, owned by the Ministry of Transportation and operated by the Russian company RTP Atomflot in Murmansk, Russia, has been used by the Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCo) to process low-level liquid radioactive waste generated by the operation of its civilian icebreaker fleet. The purpose of the new design is to enable Russia to permanently cease the disposal at sea of LLLRW in the Arctic, and to treat liquid waste and high saline solutions from both the Civil and North Navy Fleet operations and decommissioning activities. Innovative treatments are to be used in the plant which are discussed in this paper.