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One of significant issues that are to be borne in mind in the process of nuclear submarine (NS) decommissioning, temporary storage and recycling is reduction of risk of radiation impact upon personnel, population and the environment. In this respect, liquid radioactive waste (LRAW) presents most serious difficulties from the viewpoint of isolation. Reprocessing of LRAW that consists in considerable reduction of waste volume (by 103-105times) and conversion of LRAW into solid state is preceded by a number of technological operations in the course of which some uncontrolled portion of LRAW might penetrate into the environment. Taking into account that the facilities intended for long-term waterborne storage of NSs, bases for unloading of nuclear reactor cores, and ship repairing plants involved in NS disintegration are located in geographical zones with severe climatic conditions, we may speak of an increased risk of radiation accidents with LRAW in case of their partial or complete freezing.
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Malyshev, S.P. (1999). Small Mobile Installation for Reprocessing of Radioactive Waste from Technological Circuits of Nuclear Power Facilities of Nuclear Submarines Subject to Recycling. In: Sarkisov, A.A., du Clos, A.T. (eds) Analysis of Risks Associated with Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning, Dismantling and Disposal. NATO Science Series, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4595-4_48
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