Project title: Support to the improvement of radioactive waste management and environmental radiation monitoring within the Chornobyl exclusion zone (U4.01.20/A and U4.01.20/B)

Funding: European Union

Objective:

Improvement of the RW management and radiation monitoring of environment in the Chornobyl exclusion zone through:

• Improvement of the radioactive waste management system and, as a result, enhancement of the ChEZ radiation safety level by developing a methodology for sampling radioactive materials for further characterisation, sorting, packaging and interim storage of radioactive waste currently stored in the Pidlisnyi RWDS;
• Improvement of radiation monitoring of the ChEZ environment and development of a relevant strategy and planning for the protection of aquatic resources in the ChEZ by upgrading the well network for proper analysis and modelling of contamination and migration of radionuclides in surface and groundwater.  

Expected Outcome: 

• Analysis and modeling of migration of radionuclides from different nuclear and radiological facilities in the Chornobyl exclusion zone (ChEZ) in surface and groundwater.
• Providing recommendations on the deployment of additional water monitoring wells to the existing observation points, which will contribute to the improvement of the overall environmental radiation monitoring programme in the ChEZ.
• Provision of recommendations on the inclusion of additional monitoring points for surface waters that may be contaminated by radionuclides migrating through groundwater.
• Development of a fully integrated well design for groundwater monitoring in the ChEZ that is based on the existing system and improves it where necessary.
• Implementation of an integrated groundwater monitoring system that meets the approved design and can be established within the existing budgetary constraints