Current state of the safety regulation during nuclear facilities decommissioning

Current state of the safety regulation during nuclear facilities decommissioning.

Bochkarev V. V., Schadilov A. E., Afanasev I. A., Sharafutdinov R. B.

Decommissioning of the existing “nuclear legacy” facilities as well as proper planning and preparation for the decommissioning of currently designed and operated nuclear facilities are among the most topical tasks in the field of atomic energy use in the Russian Federation. The structured system of legislative and regulatory legal acts has been established in the Russian Federation for the purpose of effective state safety regulation in atomic energy use (including planning, preparation and implementation of the nuclear facilities decommissioning). The federal rules and regulations in the field of atomic energy use hold a special place in the mentioned system. They are approved by Rostechnadzor and establish requirements to ensure safety in the course of decommissioning of various categories of nuclear facilities, particularly through “end-to-end” planning of their decommissioning throughout the entire life cycle of such facilities. The approach to safety regulation during nuclear facilities decommissioning underlying the modern federal rules and regulations in the field of atomic energy use, complies with modern international standards and recommendations of the International Atomic Energy Agency. At the same time, there is a number of perspective directions for the development of legislative and regulatory framework for nuclear facilities decommissioning.

Keywords: safety regulation, federal rules and regulations in the field of atomic energy use, nuclear facilities decommissioning, “end-to-end” planning.

Article language: Russian. Pp. 5–18. DOI: 10.26277/SECNRS.2022.106.4.001.