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Session 53 Abstracts
design, closure design, and quantitative assessments. Each of these issues requires an understanding of the movement of water
through the facility and the surrounding geology during operations and following facility closure. Groundwater flow modelling has
been used extensively in support of interpretation of field investigations, development of vault design, and assessment of the
groundwater pathway as one of the major pathways by which contaminants may reach the environment. This paper describes these
important aspects of the Environmental Safety Case.
SESSION 53 — GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS AND NATIONAL INITIATIVES IN
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - PART 1 OF 2 (5.13)
1) RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ELIMINATION 2001 - 2011 BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY (w/oP-59041)
Michael Washer, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada; Alan Heyes, King’s College (Canada/UK)
Following the 911 attack on the USA in 2001 the international community under Canadas G8 leadership established a $20 billion
Global Partnership initiative to collaboratively address threats to global security posed by the proliferation and potential terrorist
use of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (WMMD) and related materials and knowledge. As an integral component
of this initiative the international community agreed to assist Russia in advancing the elimination of its Cold War legacy of
nearly 200 nuclear powered submarines left over from the collapse of the Soviet Union. This presentation presents an overview of
the 10 years work that has now entirely eliminated that submarine legacy. The scale and complexity of the challenge along with
each countrys contribution and approach is discussed along with key success factors and unique solutions adopted.
2) THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: ITS ACHIEVEMENTS, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIAL TO
ADDRESS FUTURE THREATS FROM THE SPREAD OF CBRN MATERIALS AND EXPERTISE (w/oP-59335)
Alan Heyes, Wyn Bowen, Hugh Chalmers, King’s College (UK)
In 2002, the G8 launched the Global Partnership (GP) against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. The
partnerships budget was placed at $20 billion over 10 years, and it was supported by some 23 countries and the European Union
(EU).Though it has had little public recognition, the partnership has been one of the G8s most successful initiatives and has led to
many benefits, including improved international security and addressing a sizeable proportion of the Cold War nuclear and chemical
weapons arsenal in the Former Soviet Union. Its future, however, remains undecided, as its funding is set to expire in less than
two years.
In 2009 and 2010 Kings College London with generous funding support from the US John D and Catherine T MacArthur
Foundation, carried out a detailed evaluation of the achievements and benefits of the GP to date, its failings and lost opportunities,
and potential future direction. Our findings indicate that the partnership has aided security in the Former Soviet Union and had a
significant number of wider benefits with the potential to continue to do the same on a broader geographic level in future. As such,
it is a valuable tool to assist the international community to work together to address global threats relating to chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear materials and related expertise and the G8 should take steps to renew its funding.
3) THE GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVES RADIOLOGICAL
SECURITY COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA (wP-59361)
Tiffany Blanchard, U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration;
William Abramson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; James W. (J.R.) Russell, National Security Technologies;
Catherine Roberts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)
The United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) Global Threat
Reduction Initiative (GTRI) supports both U.S. and international threat reduction goals by securing vulnerable nuclear and radiological
material located at civilian sites throughout the world. GTRIs approach to reducing the threat posed by vulnerable, highactivity
radioactive sources includes: removing and disposing of orphan or disused radioactive sources; implementing physical
security upgrades at civilian sites containing radioactive sources; and establishing a cooperative sustainability program at sites to
ensure that upgrades are maintained. For many years GTRI has collaborated successfully with the Russian Federation and international
partners to improve radiological security in Russia. This paper provides a synopsis of GTRIs accomplishments and cooperation
with Russia in the following areas: 1.) recovering and disposing of orphan and disused radioactive sources, 2.) recovering
and disposing of radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs), and 3.) providing physical security upgrades at civilian sites that
contain vulnerable radiological material.
4) KOLA PENINSULA RADWASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ITALIAN-RUSSIAN
COOPERATION AGREEMENT FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (wP-59392)
Massimiliano Nobile, SOGIN (Russia)
On the 5th of November 2003 a Cooperation Agreement, envisaging a grant of 360 Meuro in 10 years, was signed in Rome
between Italy and Russia in the framework of Global Partnership Program launched by G8 at Kananaskis (Canada) in 2002. Funds
availability was assured in March 2006.
Competent Organizations are the Ministry of Economic Development for Italy and Rosatom for Russia. They act through a
Steering Committee and a Project Management Unit, based in Moscow.
So far, in five years of concrete work, 33 contracts have been signed and 145 Meuro have been spent.
Together with other significant lines of activities, e.g. nuclear submarine dismantling, the management of waste, presently
located at Andreeva Bay site, is surely the most important, not only for the amount of allocated funds (about half of available ones)
but also for the urgency to solve serious environmental problems linked to the actual unsafe conditions of these waste, both as
regards possible incidents and malicious attacks from outside.
Volume of LL/IL waste at Andreeva Bay site are 17000 tons and 3000 tons, respectively for solid and liquid; moreover is
expected, during the next 15 years, the production of additional 33000 tons of liquid and 8000 tons of solid, due to the need of
demolishing existing facilities and final closing of the site.
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