June 10, 1997 Accidents and incidents Nuclear Sub Sank in the Pacific On May 30 a laid-up nuclear-powered submarine sank at the Russian Pacific Fleet base in Avachinskaya bay on the Kamchatka…
June 2, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Current Status, June 1997: Handling of spent nuclear power plant fuel The major contribution to radioactivity in nuclear waste accumulated in the world comes from the spent nuclear fuel. Some 9,000…
May 26, 1997 Russian Navy Long delayed train arrives at Severodvinsk On May 21 the special train for shipment of spent nuclear fuel finally arrived at Severodvinsk. The train was scheduled…
May 21, 1997 Accidents and incidents, Radwaste storage at nuclear fuel cycle plants in Russia Nuclear incident at Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant On May 15, Novosibirsk Fuel Pellets Fabrication Plant (Zavod Khimkonsentratov joint-stock company) located in eastern Siberia, suffered an incident. A…
May 20, 1997 Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Radioactive waste funds insufficient Minatom allocations to radioactive waste handling are insufficient, admitted Russian Atomic Energy Minister Mikhailov in St. Petersburg on May 14.
