Pages: 65 - 73

Author: Irena MELE

Abstract

With the ageing of nuclear facilities or the reduced interest in their further operation, a new set of problems, related to the decommissioning of these facilities, has come into forefront. In many cases it turns out that the preparations for decommissioning have come too late, and that financial resources for covering decommissioning activities have not been provided. To avoid such problems, future liabilities should be thoroughly estimated in drawing up the decommissioning and waste management programme for each nuclear facility in time, and financial provisions for implementing such programme should be provided. In this paper a presentation of current decommissioning experience in Slovenia is given. The main problems and difficulties in decommissioning of the Žirovski Vrh Uranium Mine are exposed, and the lesson learned from this case is presented. The preparation of the decommissioning programme for the Nuclear Power Plant Krsko is also described, and the situation at the TRIGA research reactor is briefly discussed.

Key words: decommissioning, nuclear power plant, research reactor, uranium mine, waste management programme

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