JOINT CONVENTION ON THE SAFETY OF SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AND ON THE SAFETY OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT 2017 República Argentina SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT Argentine Republic NATIONAL AUTHORITIES PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY Eng. Mauricio MACRI VICEPRESIDENT Grad. Marta Gabriela MICHETTI MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINING Eng. Juan José ARANGUREN SECRETARY OF ELECTRICITY Eng. Alejandro SRUOGA DEPUTY SECRETARY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY Grad. Julián GADANO PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Grad. Osvaldo CALZETTA LARRIEU VICEPRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PhD. Alberto LAMAGNA PRESIDENT OF NUCLEOELÉCTRICA ARGENTINA S.A. Eng. Rubén Omar SEMOLONI VICEPRESIDENT OF NUCLEOELÉCTRICA ARGENTINA S.A. Eng. Carlos Alberto TERRADO MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND WORSHIP Eng. Susana Mabel MALCORRA SECRETARY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS Amb. Pedro Raúl VILLAGRA DELGADO DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL SAFETY, NUCLEAR AND OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS Amb. Pablo Anselmo TETTAMANTI SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRESIDENCY Grad. Fernando de ANDREIS PRESIDENT OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY Eng. Néstor MASRIERA VICEPRESIDENT FIRST OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY AUTHORITY Grad. Ana LARCHER i SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT Page intentionally left blank ii SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW National Report Coordination and Edition Enrique CINAT – Coordinator and National Contact Point José Luis FREIJO and Ayelén GIOMI– Coordinators, Writers and Editors Nuclear Regulatory Authority Masriera Néstor– President Álvarez, D.E. Amodei, A. Amado, V. Bossio, M.C. Damico, B. Medici, M.A. Valentino, L. Giovannetti, J. Hernández, D. Navia, F. Vicens, H.E. Zunino, P. Argentine Atomic Energy Commission Calzetta Larrieu, O. - President Antelo, J. Burzomi, C. Casa, A. Caballero, D Ciávaro, M. Gringauz, L Grüner, R. Kurtz, R. Lavalle, M. Manzini A. Maset, E. Orsatti A. Cruz, A. – Translation Argentine Corporation Dioxitek Sociedad Anónima Parker, Alejandro – President Barrionuevo Olima, S. Argentine Corporation Nucleoeléctrica Argentina Sociedad Anónima Semmoloni O. – President Diez, D. Gaute, F. Guala, M. Guzmán, H. Krause, G. López, C. Pomerantz, M. Pugliese, I. Rodríguez, E. Sandá, A Solari, J. Tomasini, G. iii SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT JOINT CONVENTION ON THE SAFETY OF SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AND ON THE SAFETY OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT On December 19, 1997, during the 41st Session of the General Conference of IAEA, the Argentine Republic executed the JOINT CONVENTION ON THE SAFETY OF SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AND ON THE SAFETY OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, agreed upon in Vienna during the Diplomatic Conference conducted on September 15, 1997. On July 6, 2000, the Argentine Congress enacted Law No. 25279 therefore ratifying the terms of the Joint Convention which entered into force on June 18, 2001. The present National Report was prepared in accordance with Section 32 of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management to be submitted in compliance with Section 30 of the afore mentioned Convention. © 2017, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica JOINT CONVENTION ON THE SAFETY OF SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT AND ON THE SAFETY OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT Additional information may be required to the following address: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica Oficina de Asuntos Institucionales, Av. Del Libertador 8250, (C1429BNP), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Teléfono (54 11) 4704-1045/1226/1229, Fax (54 11) 4704-1161 http://www.cnea.gov.ar iv SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT ACRONYMS AECL Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. AGE Ezeiza Radioactive Waste Management Area ABACC Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable ANSI American National Standards Institute APS Probabilistic Safety Analysis ARN Nuclear Regulatory Authority ASECQ Spent Fuel Dry Storage System ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineering BSI British Standard Institute CAB Bariloche Atomic Centre CAC Constituyentes Atomic Centre CAE Ezeiza Atomic Centre CALPIR Advisory Committee for the Licensing of Personnel of Type I Installations CANDU Canadian Deuterium Uranium Reactor CAREM-25 Argentine 25-MWe SMR CCPP Cementing and Compacting Pilot Plant CFR Code of Federal Regulations CMFSR San Rafael Mining and Milling Complex CNA I Atucha Nuclear Power Plant – Unit I CNA II Atucha Nuclear Power Plant – Unit II CNE Embalse Nuclear Power Plant CNEA Argentine Atomic Energy Commission CSA Canadian Standards Association DCMFEI Central Storageof Special Irradiated Fissionable Material (MTR SF Storage) DIN German Standards Institute DLM Master Logical Diagram DOE US Department of Energy ECCS Emergency Core Cooling System EPS Emergency Power System ESC Structures, Systems and Components EWS Emergency Water System ENREN Nuclear Regulatory Entity (Former Nuclear Regulatory Body) FACIRI Research Reactors Irradiated Fuel Storage Facility GRR Radioactive Waste Management HEU High Enriched Uranium HLW High Level Waste ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection ILW Intermediate Level Waste ISO International Standard Organization LOOP Loss of Offsite Power LABCAR Radioactive Waste Characterization Lab LTS Long Term Storage LUE Enriched Uranium Laboratory LLW Low Level Waste LILW Low and Intermediate Level Waste LWR Light Water Reactor MCNP Monte Carlo Neutron Particle Code– Calculation Code MDG Mobile Diesel Generator MTR Material Testing Reactor NASA Nuclear Power Plant National Operator(Nucleoléctrica Argentina) NEWMDB Net Enabled Waste Management NPPs Nuclear Power Plants NORM Natural Occurring Radioactive Material NUSS IAEA Nuclear Safety Standards IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency OSART Operational Safety Review Team PHWR Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor v SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT PNGRR Radioactive Waste Management National Program PEGRR Radioactive Waste Management Strategic Plan PFS Sealed Source Production Plant PPMo99 Molybdenum-99 Production Plant PPR Radioisotope Production Plant PPRS Radiological Protection and Safety Program PPUO2 Uranium Production Plant PRAMU Uranium Mining Environmental Restoration Project PSR Periodic Safety Review PTARR Treatment and Conditioning Plant of Radioactive Waste RA-0 Argentine Reactor 0 RA-1 Argentine Reactor 1 RA-2 Argentine Reactor2 RA-3 Argentine Reactor 3 RA-6 Argentine Reactor 6 RA-10 Argentine Reactor 10 RADWASS IAEA Radioactive Waste Safety Standards RPV Reactor Pressure Vessel RW Radioactive Waste RRII Research Reactors SAC Quality Assurance System SBO Station Blackout SG Steam Generators SHS Second Heat Sink SIEN Nuclear Emergency Response System SF Spent Fuel SIER Radiological Emergency System SIFEM Emergency Federal System TCV Volume Control Tank ULE Low Enriched Uranium UFA Spent Fuel Storage Building (CNA II) VLLW Very Low Level Waste WANO World Association of Nuclear Operators vi SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT GLOSSARY* . “closure” means the completion of all operations at some time after the emplacement of spent fuel or radioactive waste in a disposal facility. This includes the final engineering or other work required to bring the facility to a condition that will be safe in the long term; . “decommissioning” means all steps leading to the release of a nuclear facility, other than a disposal facility, from regulatory control. These steps include the processes of decontamination and dismantling; . “discharges” means planned and controlled releases into the environment, as a legitimate practice, within limits authorized by the regulatory body, of liquid or gaseous radioactive materials that originate from regulated nuclear facilities during normal operation; . “disposal” means the emplacement of spent fuel or radioactive waste in an appropriate facility without the intention of retrieval; . “disposable waste” means those materials that cannot be dispersed in the environment due to its activity concentration and or total activity and therefore require treatment, conditioning and final disposal; . “exempt waste” means those radioactive materials that can be removed from the regulatory control due to its activity concentration and or total activity, after a limited storage period for decaying; . “historical waste” means those radioactive waste treated, conditioned or finally disposed applying criteria beyond the current regulatory frame and that require its re-assay; . “license” means any authorization, permission or certification granted by a regulatory body to carry out any activity related to spent fuel or radioactive waste management; . “nuclear facility” means a civilian facility and its associated land, buildings and equipment in which radioactive materials are produced, processed, used, handled, stored or disposed on such a scale that it is required to take safety into consideration; . “operating lifetime” means the period during which a spent fuel or a radioactive waste management facility is used for its intended purpose. In the case of a disposal facility, the period begins when spent fuel or radioactive waste is first emplaced in the facility and ends upon closure of the facility; . “radioactive waste” means radioactive material in gaseous, liquid or solid form for which no further use is foreseen by the Contracting Party or by a natural or legal person whose decision is accepted by the Contracting Party, and which is controlled as radioactive waste by a regulatory body under the legislative and regulatory framework of the Contracting Party; vii SIXTH NATIONAL REPORT . “radioactive