scholarly journals Programmatic assessment of radioactive waste management: nuclear fuel and waste programs

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Not Given Author
2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 888-892
Author(s):  
Aleksandr F. Bobrov ◽  
S. M. Kiselev ◽  
V. U. Shcheblanov

The paper deals with the quantitative assessment of the safety culture at facilities involved in the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. Based on the method of the “internal” assessment of the safety culture, being developed in the A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation, the comprehensive evaluation of the safety culture has been carried out with respect to the personnel of the following facilities: the Northwest Center for Radioactive Waste Management - SevRAO (NWC SevRAO) and the Far Eastern Center for Radioactive Waste Management- DalRAO (FEC DalRAO), which are subsidiaries of the RosRAO Enterprise.


Author(s):  
William H. Lake ◽  
Ned Larson ◽  
Nancy Slater-Thompson ◽  
Michael Valenzano

The Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management expects to begin transporting spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the federal repository being developed at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, when it begins operations in 2010. A review of past transport acquisition activities is given. The strategy, and approach used to acquire private sector supplied equipment and services for the necessary transport activities are described and discussed.


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