PRACTICAL ISSUES IN FACING THE REGULATORY CHALLENGE OF ENHANCING SAFETY CULTURE IN LEGACY SITE REHABILITATION

摘要

The paper discusses the management of the nuclear legacy in the Russian Northwestrnregion in particular, the remediation of facilities, and related spent fuel and radioactive wasternmanagement, at the former Shore Technical Bases at Andreeva Bay and Gremikha Village.rnNew regulatory guidance documents have been developed, which are necessary due to thernspecial abnormal situation at these sites, and also due to the transition from military to civilianrnregulatory supervision and the evolving regulatory system in the Russian Federation. Alsorndiscussed is the ongoing work in 2009 on the, development of the radio-ecological basis forrnidentifying radiation supervision area boundaries and a system of recommended dosernconstraints and derived control levels. Unconditional guarantee of long-term radioecologicalrnprotection serves as the basis for criteria development. Non-exceedance of these dosernconstraints and control levels implies compliance with radiological protection objectivesrnrelated to the residual contamination.