Russian Geologic Repository Technical Papers and Reports
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been actively and continuously engaged in Russian geologic disposal activities since 1995. The first joint US-Russian meeting on Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium was held in January 1995 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The meeting resulted in the appointment of Dr. L. J. Jardine from LLNL and Dr. T. A. Gupalo from the All-Russian Research and Design Institute of Production Engineering (VNIPIPT) as the US-Russian Federation (RF) joint co-chairs for geologic disposal of plutonium-containing materials, respectively. The initial joint studies focused on the geologic disposal of plutonium-containing materials and immobilized plutonium waste forms. These studies started in 1995, and continue in 2002. The first joint work of LLNL and VNIPIPT was documented in the October 1996 Paris P8 Nuclear Experts Meeting [1]. In summary, LLNL has been actively and continuously involved in various ways since 1995 in developing and participating in the current Russian geologic disposal program activities near the Mayak and MCC K-26 sites. Figure 1 illustrates how these various LLNL activities have been integrated, coordinated, and focused on developing geologic disposal in Russia. The various LLNL contracts are shown in the figure with the specific LLNL contract number. Reference 13 provides a summary of the status in 2000 of the past Russian repository program activities for the K-26 and Mayak sites. Because of this unique continuous and direct participation in the RF geologic disposal program activities, LLNL has either obtained or generated numerous technical papers and reports documenting various aspects of the RF geologic repository activities for the two sites near the Minatom industrial sites at Mayak and K-26. As a result, LLNL decided to collect these unique documents into one referenceable set and generated this report. This report collects these technical papers, technical reports, plans, and proposals for developing various aspects of geologic repository sites in Russia. Most, but not all, of these have been prepared by LLNL staff, by Russian experts in collaboration with LLNL staff, or by Russian organizations under an LLNL contract using DOE funds. The purpose of this report is to put into one LLNL document the collection of current papers and reports in order to summarize and document the status of the Russian geologic repository programs for which LLNL has been directly and continuously involved since 1995. This report will be useful to many interested in the RF geologic disposal activities. The collection demonstrates the seriousness and depth of the RF institutes and LLNL activities in recent years to develop a RF geologic repository program, even with very limited funds. This report is organized into five sections. After the Introduction, Section II provides a listing of technical papers and reports involving RF geologic repository topics of an overview, policy, or planning nature. The next two sections, III and IV, provide a listing of technical papers and reports for the specific sites near K-26 and Mayak, respectively. A brief summary and background is provided in Sections II, III, and IV preceding the list of papers and reports that pertain to each section. Finally, Section V provides some final comments regarding the LLNL perspective of the RF geologic disposal activities and prospects. The appendices to this document contain the full text of all the RF geologic disposal papers and reports listed in Sections II-IV. The documents in Appendix A are overview, policy, and planning documents. Appendix B contains the K-26 site-specific documents, and Appendix C contains the Mayak site-specific documents.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15005992
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-147699; TRN: US0400202
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Feb 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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