Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning and Related Problems
By: edited by L. G. LeSage, A. A. Sarkisov
Contributors: Sarkisov, A. A.
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series 1: Disarmament Technologies -- 8; NATO ASI Series, Series 1: Disarmament Technologies -- 8
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9789401072861; 9789400917583
Subjects: Engineering; Environmental protection; Mechanical engineering; Waste disposal; Nuclear engineering; Environmental toxicology
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Moscow, Russia, June 9-22, 1995
Description: The end of the Cold War has led to an acceleration in the decommissioning of the world's nuclear submarine fleet. Russian vessels, in particular, are being taken rapidly out of service and this surge of vessels has in many cases far exceeded the capacity of the available decommissioning facilities in Russia. Severe problems exist in areas such as the storage of submarines awaiting defuelling, storage and transport of spent nuclear fuel, the handling of radioactive wastes, and the dismantling and disposal of major submarine components. The magnitude and complexity of such problems, many of them revealed here to the public for the first time, are laid bare in some detail, with a discussion of the associated environmental impact, especially in the Arctic and the western Pacific. Solutions to these problems are proposed. Audience: Specialists in military and nuclear disarmament, nuclear decommissioning, environmental impacts and cleanup, global environmental pollution, etc.
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