On December 10-14, 2012, the workshop is being held housed by Kiev Institute “EnergoProekt”. The workshop is organized under IAEA Technical Cooperation Project “Support of Decommissioning and Waste Management of ChNPP, INPP and A1 NPP”. SSE “Chernobyl NPP” is the organizer of the event.

The experts of IAEA, Technicatome AREVA T (France), the representatives of Ignalina NPP, Energy Institute of Lithuania, State Nuclear Energy Safety Inspectorate of Lithuania, Slovakian company “VUJE a.s.”, the representatives of Lvov, Odessa and Kharkov State Inter-Regional Special Industrial Complexes of the State Corporation “RADON”, Chernobyl NPP, Chernobyl Radiological Center “ECOCENTER”, State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management, SSTC for Nuclear and Radiation Safety, and State Nuclear Regulation Inspectorate of Ukraine are participating in the workshop.

The objective of the workshop is to review prerequisites for improvement, planning and building of radioactive waste management facilities to meet waste acceptance criteria for storage, disposal and decommissioning of specific systems at ChNPP, INPP and A1 NPP.

In the framework of the workshop, there were presented reports on available and future facilities for waste management at ChNPP, within Exclusion Zone and in Ukraine, and management of radioactive waste generated at Ukrainian NPP sites. The experience of Lithuania and Slovakia in RAW management was also presented.

Issues on synergies in operation, construction and licensing of waste management facilities, understanding of waste characteristics as key prerequisite to select optimized technologies of radioactive waste treatment, storage and disposal are in the focus of attention.

During the workshop, methods of determining waste characteristics to optimize designing of waste management facilities are reviewed, and methods of determining waste characteristics applied in Ukraine, Slovakia and Lithuania during different stages of RAW management are discussed.

On December 13, the workshop participants visited ChNPP site and got familiar with waste processing facilities. The “Buryakovka” Waste Disposal Site, “Vektor” Complex, Chernobyl and Pripyat scheduled for tour visiting became unavailable due to snow drifts.