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INOFFICIAL THE THIRD NATIONAL REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE JOINT CONVENTION ON THE SAFETY OF SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AND THE SAFETY OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT Prepared for the fourth Review Meeting in frames of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management Moscow 2012 This Third National Report of the Russian Federation has been drafted in accordance with Article 32 of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. The Report describes in detail the obligations concerning the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management and compli- ance with them by the Russian Federation. The Report has been prepared by the State Atomic Energy Corporation «Rosatom» (Rosa- tom) and the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostech- nadzor) with involvement of: ● Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBRAE RAS); ● Federal budgetary institution «Scientific and Engineering Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety» (FBI «SEC NRS»). The Third National Report of the Russian Federation on Compliance with the Obligations of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management Table of Contents List of Abbreviations .........................................................................................................5 Section A. Introduction .....................................................................................................8 А.1. Purpose of the Report...........................................................................................8 A.2. Structure of the Report .........................................................................................8 A.3. Conclusions Made After Review of the Second National Report of Russian Federation at the Third Review Meeting .................................................................................9 А.4. Main Topics of the Report and Near-Term Initiatives to Ensure Safety of SNF and RW Management ......................................................................................................10 Section В. Policies and Practices (Article 32).....................................................................12 В.1. SNF Management Policy......................................................................................12 В.2. SNF Management Practices .................................................................................12 В.3. Criteria for Defining and Categorizing Radioactive Wastes.....................................15 В.4. Radioactive Waste Management Policy.................................................................16 В.5. Radioactive Waste Management Practices............................................................17 В.5. Radioactive Waste Management Practices............................................................18 Section C. Scope of Application (Article 3)........................................................................20 Section D. Inventories and Lists (Article 32) .....................................................................21 D.1. SNF Management Facilities (Article 32 (i))............................................................21 D.2. SNF Inventories (Article 32 (ii)) ...........................................................................23 D.3. RW Management Facilities (Article 32 (iii)) ...........................................................23 D.4. RW Inventories (Article 32 (iv)) ...........................................................................24 D.5. Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities (Article 32 (v)) ...........................................26 Section E. Legislative and Regulatory System ...................................................................28 E.1. Implementing Measures (Article 18) ....................................................................28 E.2. Legislative and Regulatory System (Article 19) .....................................................28 Е.3. State Safety Regulation by the Use of Atomic Energy (Article 20) ..........................50 Section F. Other General Safety Provisions.......................................................................57 F.1. Responsibility of the License Holder (Article 21) ...................................................57 F.2. Human and Financial Resources (Article 22).........................................................58 F.3. Quality Assurance (Article 23) .............................................................................62 F.4. Operational Radiation Protection (Article 24) ........................................................64 F.5. Emergency Preparedness (Article 25) ..................................................................67 F.6. Decommissioning (Article 26) ..............................................................................69 3 The Third National Report of the Russian Federation on Compliance with the Obligations of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management Section G. Safety of Spent Fuel Management ...................................................................72 G.1. General Safety Requirements (Article 4)...............................................................72 G.2. Existing Facilities (Article 5).................................................................................79 G.3. Siting of Proposed Facilities (Article 6) .................................................................81 G.4. Design and Construction of Facilities (Article 7) ....................................................83 G.5. Assessment of Safety of Facilities (Article 8).........................................................84 G.6. Operation of Facilities (Article 9)..........................................................................85 G.7. Disposal of spent fuel (Article 10) ........................................................................89 Section H. Safety of Radioactive Waste Management........................................................91 H.1. General Safety Requirements (Article 11).............................................................91 Н.2. Existing Facilities (Article 12)...............................................................................98 Н.3. Siting of Proposed Facilities (Article 13) ...............................................................99 Н.4. Design and Construction of Facilities (Article 14) ................................................ 101 Н.5. Assessment of Safety of Facilities (Article 15)..................................................... 102 Н.6. Operation of Facilities (Article 16)...................................................................... 103 Н.7. Institutional Measures after Closure (Article 17) ................................................. 107 Раздел I. Transboundary Movement (Article 27) ............................................................ 109 Section J. Disused Sealed Sources (Article 28)................................................................ 115 Section K. Planned Activity in Safety Enhancement ......................................................... 117 Section L. Appendices................................................................................................... 118 Appendix B1. SNF Management and Reprocessing SNF of Russian reactors ................. 118 Appendix B2. RW generation .................................................................................... 119 Annex E. Information of the Principal Legal Documents .............................................. 120 Appendix F. Facility Category of Hazard..................................................................... 129 4 The Third National Report of the Russian Federation on Compliance with the Obligations of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management List of Abbreviations AECC — Open-type Joint Stock Company Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine (JSC AECC) AMB — «Atomic peaceful large» (an abbreviation for water-cooled, graphite- moderated channel-type thermal neutron reactor) BN — Fast neutron reactor CA — Controlled Area CHMP — Open-type Joint Stock Company Chemical and Metallurgical Plant (JSC CHMP) CMP — Open-type Joint Stock Company Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (JSC CMP) EGP — Loop-type graphite power reactor FA — Fuel Assembly FL — Federal Law FMBA — Federal Medical Biological Agency FMB — Floating Maintenance Base FR — Fuel Rod FSUE — Federal State Unitary Enterprise FTP — Federal Target Program GSP NFCF — General Safety Provisions for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities HLW — High Level Waste HMP — Open-type Joint Stock Company Hydrometallurgical Plant IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency ICRP — International Commission for Radiation Protection ILW — Intermediate Level Waste IPPE — Federal State Unitary Enterprise the State Scientific Center of Russian Fed- eration — the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering named after A.I. Leipunsky (FSUE SRC RF IPPE) IR — Ionizing Radiation IRS — Ionizing Radiation Source KMP — Open-type Joint Stock Company Kovrov Mechanical Plant (JSC KMP) LLW — Low Level Waste LRW — Liquid Radioactive Waste 5 The Third National Report of the Russian Federation