Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine Annual Report 2012
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Report on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine 2012 tus of nuclear and radiation safety in Ukraine; moreover, we tried to do that for you, dear readers, in the most convenient and easily understood form. We hope, that with your help, we’ll be able to receive the answer to the question of whether or not have we managed to achieve the challenging objective. We would be grateful for all of your comments, advises and wishes as to the improvement of the of this Report structure. If, after you have read the Report, there would be more ques- tions from you, do not hesitate to ask them during our telephone hotlines or during the visiting hours for citizens arranged by the management of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Dear readers! Ukraine. The info on the time and place of these arrangements you may find at the web-site of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspec- torate of Ukraine: www.snrc.gov.ua. We offer to your attention the Annual Report on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine-2012. The Report gives you the insights of the legal framework in the nuclear energy field; the main areas of activity of regulatory bodies Chairperson in this area; activities, which have been performed throughout of the State Nuclear the reporting period to enhance the level of nuclear and radiation Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine safety in Ukraine. While preparing the Report for publishing, experts of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine strived to provide the most complete and objective information to community on the sta- Olena Mykolaichuk List of Abbreviations ChNPP – Chernobyl NPP NNPT – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty CMU – Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine NPP – Nuclear Power Plant CSM – Concrete storage module NSC – New Safe Confinement DSFSF – Dry type spent fuel storage facility NSC KIPT – National science center «Kharkov Institute DDSC – Double-walled dry shielding case of Physics and Technology» ETС – Emergency Technical Centre PE – Public Enterprise Report on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine in 2012 was ENSDF – Engineered near-surface disposal facility PPS – Physical Protection System prepared by the editorial board composed of: Olena Mykolaic- FCM – Fuel-Containing Masses SO – Scheduled Outage huk – Chairperson of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate FA – Fuel Assembly RA – Regulatory Act of Ukraine (SNRIU), Ganna Gorashchenkova – Head of the FE – Fuel Element RIA – Risk-Informed Approaches Division for International Cooperation and European Integra- FS – Feasibility Study RNPP – Rovno NPP tion, Oleksandr Grygorash – Deputy Director, Department IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency RW – Radioactive waste on Nuclear Facilities Safety, Gregory Gromov – Director of IAMS – Shelter integrated automated monitoring sys- RWDS – Radioactive waste disposal site State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation tem SA – State Association Safety, Tetiana Kilochytska – Head, Unit of Radioactive Waste ICSRM – Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste SAR – Safety Analysis Report Management Safety, Taras Kozulko – Assistant to Chairperson Management SE – Separate Entity on Public Communication Issues, Оksana Maiboroda – NGO IEC – Information/Emergency Center SEIAS – State emergencies informational and analytical «Ecoclub», Olga Makarovska – Deputy Chairperson of SNRIU, INES – International Nuclear Events Scale system Оlga Matarykina – Assistant to Chairperson – Press-secretary, IRS – Ionizing Radiation Source SFA – Spent Fuel Assembly Тetiana Pavlenko – Marzeev Institute of Hygiene and Medical KhNPP – Khmelnitsky NPP SFSF – Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel Ecology National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, KNRI – Kyiv Nuclear Research Institute of the National SINEI – Sevastopol Nuclear Energy and Industry Institute Ruslana Tripailo – Deputy Head, Unit of Radiation Safety, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine SIP – «Shelter» Implementation Plan Oleksiy Tolkachov – Head of SNRIU Public Council, Мykola LRTP – Liquid Radwaste Treatment Plant SISP – State Interregional Specialised Plant Schteinberg – Head of SNRIU Reactor Safety Council. MFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs SNF – Spent Nuclear Fuel MFE – Ministry for Fuel and Energy PSA – Probabilistic Safety Analysis The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine would MH – Ministry of Health SRW – Solid Radioactive Waste like to pay special tribute for the assistance in preparation and MHB – Multi-Place Hermetical Basket SSE – State Specialized Enterprise publishing of this Report to the International Atomic Energy MJU – Ministry of Justice of Ukraine SSTC NRC – State Science and technical Center for Nu- Agency, State Enterprise NNEGC «Energoatom», State Concern NASU – National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine clear and Radiation Safety «Nuclear Fuel», Marzeev Institute of Hygiene and Medical Ecol- NNEGO «Energoatom» – National Nuclear Energy Gen- URSS – Ukrainian Radiation Safety Standards ogy National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Institute erating Company «Energoatom» VSC – Ventilated Storage Cask for Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of Sciences NFC – Nuclear-fuel cycle WWER – Water Cooled Power Reactor of Ukraine, and Volodymyr Kholosha – Head of State Agency of NI – Nuclear Installations SUNPP – South Ukraine NPP Ukraine on Exclusion zone management NM – Nuclear Materials ZNPP – Zaporizhzhya NPP Report on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine 2012 Contents 1. Introduction 2 5. New facilities 55 5.1. Nuclear fuel fabrication plant (55) 5.2. Neutron Source (NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics And 2. 2012 in numbers 8 Technology) (57) 5.3. Power units № 3,4 Of Khmelnitsky NPP (60) 5.4. Facilities for spent nuclear fuel management (63) 3. Nuclear safety after Fukushima Daiichi accident 17 6. The use of radiation in national economy 67 3.1. Evolution of regulatory requirements (17) 6.1. Management of radiation sources (67) 3.2. Stress-tests and their results (27) 6.2. Management of radioactive waste generated in the process of 3.3. Ensuring safe operation of power units at NPPs of Ukraine radiation sources utilization (73) in the light of lessons learnt from Fukushima Daiichi accident (36) 7. Radiation around us 76 4. Chernobyl NPP and Exclusion Zone 41 7.1. Natural radiation: levels, doses, risks. (76) 7.2. Kirovograd regional program «STOP-RADON» (80) 4.1. Implementation of actions at the Shelter and creation of new safe confinement (41) 4.2. Creation of infrastructure for management of radioactive 8. ANNEXES 85 waste and spent nuclear fuel (45) 8.1. Radiation events in Ukraine (85 8.2. Events at NPPs of Ukraine in 2012 (92) 6 7 Report on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine 2012 tion of nuclear facility «Neutron Source» and approved its January location on the territory of the industrial site of the NSC Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology. SNRIU Order №8 approved «Procedure of issuance of 16 permits for the use of lands and basins located in the Luxemburg hosted first stage of «stress-tests» peer reviews sanitary protection zone of nuclear facility, facility on 5- and was dedicated to the discussion of the National reports radioactive waste management, uranium facility» (NP 22 of 15 EU countries including Ukraine and Switzerland. 306.4.181-2012), later registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine of 10.02.2012 №181/20494. March Activities on the discharge of irradiation type facilities 17- «UKT» and «UK-250000» at the State Enterprise on radia- SNRIU Order №51 approved «Requirements to the 25 tion treatment of materials «Radma» were carried out (City 2 management system of operating organization (opera- Kyiv), 180 radiation sources of GIK-7-4 and VII type with tor)» (NP 306.1.182-2012), which later were registered general activity 3,7*1014 Bq were removed. in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine of 21.03. 2012 № 431/20744. Decision of SNRIU Board №1 approved positive conclusion 26 of the State expertise on nuclear and radiation safety of SNRIU Order №56 approved «General Provisions of Safety the Feasibility Study of the Fuel Fabrication Plant. 12 of Nuclear Subcritical Facility» (NP 306.2.183-2012), which later were registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine of 27.04.2012 №640/20953. February Decision of SNRIU Board №7 approved the conclusion of 13 the State expertise on nuclear and radiation safety of the The Law of Ukraine of 9 February 2013 №4383-VI «On Feasibility Study «Construction of power units № 3 and 4 9 management with spent nuclear fuel as for siting, design with capacity 2000 МW at Khmelnitsky NPP». and construction of centralized storage facility for spent fuel from NPPs with WWER type reactors» approved the decision on siting, design and construction of CSFSF. Standard of the Enterprise SSE «Centralized Radioactive 13 Waste Management Enterprise» on exemption of radioac- tive materials from regulatory control was approved, which allowed to start practical activities on the exemption of Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine №100 materials that were generated as a result of dismantling 15 «Issues of siting, design and construction of nuclear accel- and fragmentation of systems and components of Cher- erator driven facility «Neutron Source» based on sub-criti- nobyl NPP units. cal assembly» approved Feasibility Study for the construc- 8 2012 in numbers 9 Report on Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Ukraine 2012 March April Final stage of peer reviews – «Country review» took place SNRIU Order №84 approved «Requirements to the as- 18- in Ukraine in frames of implementation