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All rights reserved. Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON CLEANING UP OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION: RUSSIAN CHALLENGES AND U.S. EXPERIENCE Frank L. Parker, Chair, Vanderbilt University Brian B. Looney, Savannah River National Laboratory Dieter K. Rudolph, Science Applications International Corporation Staff Glenn E. Schweitzer, Program Director, National Research Council A. Chelsea Sharber, Senior Program Associate, National Research Council Kelly Robbins, Senior Program Officer, National Research Council Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings Contents Preface xi Opening Remarks 1 Welcoming Remarks 3 Nikolay Laero 2 Welcoming Remarks 5 Frank L. Parker 3 Welcoming Remarks 7 Daid N. McNelis 4 Interests of the International Science and Technology Center 8 Norbert Jousten Overview Presentations 5 Ensuring Nuclear and Radiation Safety in the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes 13 A. B. Malyshe ii Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings iii CONTENTS 6 The Environmental Policy of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) and Priority Objectives for its Implementation 17 A. M. Agapov and L. A. Bolsho 7 Evaluation of Radiation Ecology Status Around Russian Nuclear and Radiation Enterprises Based on Landscape-Geochemical Research 32 V. I. Velichkin, Ye. N. Borisenko, A. Yu. Miroshniko, V. I. Myskin, N. V. Kuzmenkoa, and I. I. Chudnyatsea 8 Systems Studies of the Radiation Legacy and the Development of the Informational, Legal, and Regulatory Framework for Post- Rehabilitation Institutional Control, Oversight, and Management of Radiation-Hazard Facilities in the Russian Federation 43 S. N. Brykin, O. G. Lebede, V. K. Popo, and D. A. Serezhniko 9 Comprehensive Resolution of the Problem of Radioactive Waste Management and Rehabilitation of Contaminated Areas in the Moscow Region 51 S. A. Dmitrie Case Studies 10 Lands Damaged as a Result of Uranium Ore Mining Operations in the Russian Federation 61 V. P. Karamushka and V. V. Ostroborodo 11 Uranium Recovery and Remediation of Uranium Mill Tailings: Russian and U.S. Experience 69 J. H. Clarke and F. L. Parker 12 Experience in Rehabilitating Contaminated Land and Bodies of Water Around the Mayak Production Association 81 Yu. V. Glagolenko, Ye. G. Drozhko, and S. I. Rony 13 Rehabilitation of Contaminated Groundwater Layers Near the Mayak Enterprise Using Deep Burial Technology 92 V. G. Skidano, Ye. N. Kamne, and A. I. Rybalchenko 14 Observations Concerning Mayak 95 Frank L. Parker Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Cleaning Up Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials: International Workshop Proceedings CONTENTS ix 15 Remediation of Contaminated Facilities at the Kurchatov Institute 99 V. G. Volko, Yu. A. Zerko, S. G. Semeno, A. V. Chesnoko, and A. D. Shisha 16 Selected Remediation Issues at the Russian Research Center— Kurchatov Institute 110 R. E. Gephart 17 Industrial Nuclear Explosion Sites in the Russian