Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning.

Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

Towards Robotically Supported Decommissioning of Nuclear Sites

This paper overviews certain radiation detection, perception, and planning challenges for nuclearized robotics that aim to support the waste management and decommissioning mission. To enable the autonomous monitoring, inspection and multi–modal characterization of nuclear sites, we discuss important problems relevant to the tasks of navigation in degraded visual environments, localizability–awa...

The Regulatory Challenges of Decommissioning Nuclear Reactors

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: − to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...

Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning. Radiation Risk Assessments

INTRODUCTION From a beginning of atomic shipbuilding (the 1956) in Russia built about 250 atomic submarines (NPS), 5 ships and 9 civil atomic vessels. In connection with expiry of the term of maintenance and conclusion of the contracts about limitation and cutting of offensive arms of Russia from the extremity of the 1980-th years acutely there was a problem of their utilization. Utilization of...

The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences

A few decades ago, it was said that the debate on nuclear power had “reached an intensity unprecedented in the history of technology controversies” (Kitschelt 1986). However, the controversy over nuclear power has resurfaced today with a similar gravity. Advocates point to nuclear power as a much-needed energy source in an era of rising demand and the need to curb carbon emission levels, and of...