Operational conditions of storages for products of decontamination of the territories of Belarus after the accident at Chernobyl NPP and evaluation of their radioecological state

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:221003

Skurat, V V; Shiryaeva, N M; Gvozdev, A A; Serebryanyi, G Z; Myshkina, N K; Starobinets, S E; Kotovich, V V ^[1]

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1. Academy of Sciences Belarus, Minsk (Belarus). Inst. of Radioecological Problems

As a result of carrying out the measures on decontamination of the territory of Belarus after the Chernobyl accident, the storages for radioactive products of decontamination have been arranged in the Republic. Up to now, 69 storage sites for radioactive products of decontamination have been examined and registered. Six of them, the most typical, with the highest activity, are under constant control with the help of the network of the hydrogeological observation holes. The analysis of the field conditions of the storage sites at the territory of Belarus has shown that there is the violation of requirements for safe storage practically for all storages. The evaluation of protection of the ground water against radioactive contamination has shown, that in 10--100 years, the contamination of the ground water with caesium-137 is possible in concentrations lower than the Republican permissible levels and with strontium in concentrations significantly exceeding the specified values.

• OSTI ID: 221003
• Report Number(s): CONF-950917-; ISBN 0-7918-1219-7; TRN: IM9620%%397
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. international conference on radioactive waste management and environmental remediation, Berlin (Germany), 3-9 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Fifth international conference on radioactive waste management and environmental remediation -- ICEM `95: Proceedings. Volume 2: Management of low-level waste and remediation of contaminated sites and facilities; Slate, S.; Baker, R.; Benda, G. [eds.]; PB: 911 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
57 HEALTH AND SAFETY
BELARUS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
SOILS
REMEDIAL ACTION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
VIOLATIONS
GROUND WATER
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
MELTDOWN
DECONTAMINATION
STORAGE FACILITIES
RADIATION PROTECTION
CESIUM 137
STRONTIUM 90
SAFETY STANDARDS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION