Upgrading the Radioactive Waste Management Infrastructure in Azerbaijan
- Baku Radioactive Waste Site IZOTOP, Baku (Azerbaijan)
- State Unitary Enterprise Scientific and Industrial Association Radon, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- Sheffield Univ., Immobilisation Science Lab. (United Kingdom)
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Dept. of Nuclear Safety and Security, Vienna (Austria)
Radionuclide uses in Azerbaijan are limited to peaceful applications in the industry, medicine, agriculture and research. The Baku Radioactive Waste Site (BRWS) 'IZOTOP' is the State agency for radioactive waste management and radioactive materials transport. The radioactive waste processing, storage and disposal facility is operated by IZOTOP since 1963 being significantly upgraded from 1998 to be brought into line with international requirements. The BRWS 'IZOTOP' is currently equipped with state-of-art devices and equipment contributing to the upgrade the radioactive waste management infrastructure in Azerbaijan in line with current internationally accepted practices. The IAEA supports Azerbaijan specialists in preparing syllabus and methodological materials for the Training Centre that is currently being organized on the base of the Azerbaijan BRWS 'IZOTOPE' for education of specialists in the area of safety management of radioactive waste: collection, sorting, processing, conditioning, storage and transportation. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21290809
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-09-WM-07198; TRN: US10V0134038220
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM'07: 2007 Waste Management Symposium - Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Education and Opportunity for the Next Generation of Waste Management Professionals, Tucson, AZ (United States), 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2007; Other Information: Country of input: France; 3 refs
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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