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Conference Article: Overview of Tacis project K1.01/98A 'Assistance to the elaboration of a decommissioning plan' for Aktau BN-350 NPP (Kazakhstan)

Brachi, R. (Electricite de France/CIDEN (EDF/CIDEN), Villeurbanne (France))

Abstract

This project is part of the On Site Assistance provided by a consortium established between French EDF and Italian Sogin to the Aktau BN-350 NPP, financed by the 1998 budget of Tacis programme of the European Commission (EC). The UKAEA took part in the project that lasted 18 months, since May 2000. This report gives an overview of the outputs of the project: technical studies, study tours and equipment, as well as of interfaces with other international assistance projects to BN-350 NPP decommissioning. Nine technical tasks, addressing the essential topics of nuclear decommissioning, were implemented, aiming to contribute to the elaboration of the decommissioning plan. Topics covered range from plant data collection and regulatory framework analysis to dismantling options studies, including waste management strategy, risk and environmental impact analysis, cost assessment and quality assurance issues. (author)

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key words: bn-350 reactor; environmental impacts; planning; quality assurance; radioactive waste management; reactor decommissioning; reactor dismantling; risk assessment; breeder reactors; desalination reactors; epithermal reactors; fast reactors; fbr type reactors; liquid metal cooled reactors; lmfbr type reactors; management; power reactors; sodium cooled reactors;
Reference:
Proceedings of a Technical Meeting held in Cadarache, France 11-15 March 2002
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1405, pp:151-157