Radioactive Waste Burial Site

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The radioactive waste burial site, also known as the ground-3/Kamchatka waste site, in addition to the interim fresh fuel storage facility. The waste site consists of three burial trenches and contains both high- and low-level radioactive waste.[4] As it is involved in refueling, the site may also have an interim storage area for spent fuel.

In the spring of 1990, cracks were discovered in the wall of one of the burial sites, which had allowed radiation to leak.[2] The buildings and trenches are located approximately 200 meters from the sea.[1]

A survey commissioned by the Kamchatka regional administration in 1991 detected shore contamination. In late June 1994, melting snows washed radioactive contamination from a burial site into Seldevaya Bay (located just southeast of the town of Rybachiy Kamchatka) leading to an increase in radiation levels to 8 milliroentgen/h.[2]

Sources :

[1] Joshua Handler, "Russia's Pacific Fleet - Problems with Nuclear Waste," Jane’s Intelligence Review, March 1995, Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 136.
[2] Joshua Handler, Greenpeace Trip Report, pp. 8-10. {Updated 11/30/99 TR}

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