MINSK, 2 June (BelTA) - Radioactive waste being transported to a disposal site cannot leak, spill, or evaporate because no liquids will be present, experts said during a roundtable titled Radioactive Waste Management in the Republic of Belarus: Current Issues, hosted by BelTA.
Belarus plans to build a radioactive waste disposal facility that will receive waste from the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP). “People often ask us: what will you be transporting there? Won’t it spill or leak along the way? How could this affect safety? So let me clarify. No nuclear fuel will go from the BelNPP to the radioactive waste disposal site. No liquid radioactive waste will be transported anywhere from the nuclear power plant. The waste from BelNPP will be immobilized in a matrix, cemented, meaning that in the event of any incident, it will be contained on site and will not be dispersed further by air or water. The waste will have a certain level of safety by the time it leaves the BelNPP for final isolation,” said Dmitry Pavlov, Deputy Head of Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus (Gosatomnadzor).
Meanwhile, Stanislav Levitsky, Director of the Rosatom State Corporation’s country office in Belarus, noted the high level of safety of the planned radioactive waste disposal facility. “I would like to emphasize that the disposal site will not receive high-level or highly toxic waste,” he said.
Belarus plans to build a radioactive waste disposal facility that will receive waste from the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP). “People often ask us: what will you be transporting there? Won’t it spill or leak along the way? How could this affect safety? So let me clarify. No nuclear fuel will go from the BelNPP to the radioactive waste disposal site. No liquid radioactive waste will be transported anywhere from the nuclear power plant. The waste from BelNPP will be immobilized in a matrix, cemented, meaning that in the event of any incident, it will be contained on site and will not be dispersed further by air or water. The waste will have a certain level of safety by the time it leaves the BelNPP for final isolation,” said Dmitry Pavlov, Deputy Head of Department for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus (Gosatomnadzor).
Meanwhile, Stanislav Levitsky, Director of the Rosatom State Corporation’s country office in Belarus, noted the high level of safety of the planned radioactive waste disposal facility. “I would like to emphasize that the disposal site will not receive high-level or highly toxic waste,” he said.
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