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Table 2. High Priority Russian Projects
(in order of priority, last updated in April 1998)| No. | Project Name |
Duration in years |
Estimated cost in mill $ |
Partners | Status |
| 1 | Fabrication and commissioning of special train cars of TK-VG-18 type for transportation of containers with spent fuel from decommissioned nuclear submarines | 2 | 2.5 | Norway | under negotiation |
| 2 | Construction and commissioning of a storage facility for spent fuel arriving at the "Mayak" enterprise | 5 | 100.0 | EU, Norway | under negotiation |
| 3 | Design and construction of facilities for interim storage of spent fuel from decommissioned nuclear submarines in Murmansk Region | 5 | 48.0 | USA | under negotiation |
| 4 | Design, construction a and commissioning of a vessel for transportation of spent fuel from decommissioned submarines in the Northern region | 2 | 9.5 | Norway | under negotiation |
| 5 | Design, construction and commissioning of temporary storage for liquid r/a waste at the "Zvezdochka" plant for utilization of nuclear submarines in Severodvinsk | 2 | 3.73 | Norway | under negotiation |
| 6 | Fabrication and commissioning of mobile facilities for concentration of liquid r/a wastes from the Northern Navy | 2 | 0.14 | Norway | under negotiation |
| 7 | Design, construction and commissioning of a temporary storage of solid r/a waste at the "Nerpa" plant for utilization of nuclear submarines (Murmansk Region) | 2 | 4.9 | Norway | under negotiation |
| 8 | Creation of a prototype r/a waste disposal facility at the Bashmachny peninsula at the Novaja Zemlya Archipelago | 2 | 85.6 | suggested | |
| 9 | Development of a feasibility study and design on the remediation of the floating technical base for spent fuel storage "Lepse" | 10 | ECU 8.715 | EU, France, NEFCO, Norway, USA |
under negotiation (feasibility study completed) |
| 10 | Construction of two floating facilities for unloading spent fuel from decommissioned submarines | 4 | 150.0 | suggested | |
| 11 | Construction of industrial liquid r/a waste treatment facilities in the Northern Region | 2 | 4.7 | suggested | |
| 12 | Reconstruction of solid r/a waste storages at the special combine "Radon" in Murmansk | 3 | 0.73 | suggested | |
| 13 | Creation of a complex of facilities for treatment of solid r/a waste from nuclear fleet in Murmansk | 3 | 3.4 | suggested | |
| 14 | Creation of the North-West radwaste management center on the basis of the Leningrad Specialized Enterprise "Radon" | 5 | 56.0 | EU | suggested (feasibility study close to completion) |
| 15 | Establishment of a Training-Methodological Center on radioactive waste management | 10 | 2.4 | EU | approved for co-operation |
| 16 | Development of a conception and structure of a normative system regulating safety in r/a waste and spent fuel management | 3 | 0.3 | EU | active |
| 17 | Development of a sophisticated computer based system for evaluation of radiation legacy of the former USSR (RADLEG) | 3 | 1.2 | EU/ISTC | active |
| 18 | Development of a unified data base on radiological situation in the Murmansk region | 2 | 0.2 | suggested | |
| 19 | Development of programme and implementation of radiological monitoring of the flood-lands of the Enisei river in the region of influence of the Mining and Chemical enterprise | 2 | 0.3 | suggested | |
| 20 | Radiation characteristics of unloaded spent fuel in the reactor cores of decommissioned submarines | 3 | 0.1 | suggested |