Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US 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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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc677666 2023-05-15T15:13:30+02:00 Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. United States. Environmental Protection Agency. 1997-05-01 9 p. Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc677666/ English eng Brookhaven National Laboratory other: DE97006103 rep-no: BNL--64288 rep-no: CONF-970335--47 grantno: AC02-76CH00016 osti: 475648 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc677666/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc677666 Waste Management `97, Tucson, AZ (United States), 2-7 Mar 1997 Low-Level Radioactive Wastes Usa Spent Fuel Elements Radioactive Waste Facilities Liquid Wastes Nuclear Ships International Cooperation 05 Nuclear Fuels 29 Energy Planning And Policy Criticality Russian Federation Radioactive Waste Management Norway Article 1997 ftunivnotexas 2017-04-15T22:07:13Z 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 {approximately}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. 5 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Icebreaker University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Arctic Murmansk Norway |
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Low-Level Radioactive Wastes Usa Spent Fuel Elements Radioactive Waste Facilities Liquid Wastes Nuclear Ships International Cooperation 05 Nuclear Fuels 29 Energy Planning And Policy Criticality Russian Federation Radioactive Waste Management Norway Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic |
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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 {approximately}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. 5 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab. |
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Dyer, R. S. Moskowitz, P. D. Czajkowski, C. J. |
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Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic |
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Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic |
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Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic |
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Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic |
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Environmental security benefits arising from Russian/Norwegian/US cooperation in the high Arctic |
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environmental security benefits arising from russian/norwegian/us cooperation in the high arctic |
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Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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1997 |
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Waste Management `97, Tucson, AZ (United States), 2-7 Mar 1997 |
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