Contact Expert Group
Figure 3. Sample Project Description Form (in 1998)
| ID: | NOR 01 |
| Project Title: | Russian-Norwegian-American co-operation on the expansion and upgrading of the treatment facility for low level liquid r/a waste (LLRW) in Murmansk, Russia |
| Background: | (optional) |
| Description: | The project will increase the capacity at the LLRW processing facility at the RTP Atomflot in Murmansk. The facility handles liquid waste from the nuclear icebreaker fleet. |
| Objectives: | A major objective is to enable Russia to permanently refrain from disposing of r/a waste in Arctic waters and formally adhere to the London Convention's ban. |
| Results: | The agreed modifications will increase the existing facility's capacity from 1200m3 per year to 5000 m3 per year, and thus cover the needs of the icebreaker fleet. It will also permit the processing of high -salt wastes from the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet and improve the stabilization and interim storage of the processed wastes. |
| Consequences if not Realized: | Should the project not be completed, it will severely hamper Russian efforts to adhere to the London Convention. |
| Financing: | By Norway, Russia, USA. |
| Project Cost: | US$ 5.6 million (planning, initial design, equipment). |
| Start Date: | Autumn, 1996. |
| End Date: | 1998 (commissioning). One year of test operation is envisaged before the full completion of the project. |
| Project Leader: | Norway: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, P.O. Box55,1345 Osteras;tel:67 16 25 00; fax:67 14 74 07; USA: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 475 B, P.O. Box 5000,Upton, NY 11973-5000;tel:(516) 282-24-54; fax:(516) 282-5698; Russia: Association for Advanced Technologies (ASPECT); 115280 Moscow, Elektrolitnyi proezd 1a. |
| Responsible Organization(s): | Norway: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs; P.O. Box 8114 Dep., 0032 Oslo; tel:22 24 36 00;Fax: 22 24 95 81; USA:US Environmental Protection Agency,401 M St.SW (2610),Washington, DC 20460;tel:(202)233-9290,fax:(202)233-9629; Russia (beneficiary): Murmansk Shipping Company/RTP Atomflot; 183636, Murmansk, ul. Kominterna 15;tel: 512 95 10491; fax:512 95 10495. |
| Co-operating Countries/Organizations: | Norway, USA, Russia. |
| Source of Information: | Project Description Form (by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway and Norwegian updates at the 5-th and 6-th CEG meetings). |
| Status: | Active (April 1998). |
| Progress: | (semi-annual report) The construction and installation of equipment continues, with the target of conclusion now moved to second half of 1998. By the end of May 1998 the construction face of the project is expected to be at least 80% completed. (April. 1997). |