Head of the TPU Project Office for Research and Technology Transfer Alexander Pavlyuk has become a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting arranged within the advisory meeting for the disposal of irradiated graphite.
The project implemented by the IAEA aims at uniting the efforts of experts coming from different countries to solve a number of research and technical problems on the disposal of irradiated graphite.
“At the moment, this problem has been solved in no one country. At the same time, there is a unique experience and technical groundwork accumulated in all engaged countries, which in case of international cooperation can assist in solving the problem. Experts from Russia, Italy, Latvia, Romania, France, Canada and other countries are taking an active part in the project,”
comments Alexander Pavlyuk.
Moreover, a distinguishing feature of the project from the previous initiatives, such as the projects GRAPA, DAROD and others dedicated to the problems of irradiated graphite and decommissioning nuclear and radiation-hazardous facilities, is a task to conduct the most detailed research and analyze possible approaches, issues and already accumulated experience on disposal graphite radioactive waste.
During the meeting, the TPU expert presented the achievements and prospects of the Russian Federation in solving this problem. He also represented the information about further plans jointly with the fuel company of Rosatom TVEL to create a research center for decommissioning nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities, including a laboratory for handling irradiated graphite in the university. The center is going to be created in order to carry out experimental works for the Rosatom State Corporation’s enterprises.
“The creation of a research center for decommissioning, including laboratories solving key problems of safety protection and handling radioactive waste based on the TPU Nuclear Research Reactor, will allow not only essentially expend areas of the TPU cooperation with the Rosatom State Corporation’s enterprises but also with the IAEA and other international organizations,” notes TPU acting rector Dmitry Sednev.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization for the peaceful application of nuclear technology.
The fuel company of Rosatom TVEL is the one integrator of the Russian nuclear industry to decommission nuclear facilities. It consolidates and develops industry expertise to provide competitive solutions to decommission nuclear facilities both in Russia and worldwide.