CONTENTS

[Prologue]

[Preface]

[Introduction.] Brief review of the nuclear complex of ex-USSR

1. [Mining, processing and enrichment of uranium ores]

2. [The industrial complex for uranium isotopic enrichment]

2.1. General

2.2. The characterization of accumulated radioactive materials (RM) and radioactive wastes (RW) in the industrial complex as a whole and at separate enterprises

3. [Nuclear fuel production]

3.1. General

3.2. Characteristics of radioactive wastes

3.3. Evaluation of the fullness of information

4. [4. Nuclear power plants]

4.1. General

4.2. Characteristics of radioactive materials and wastes produced in NPP operation

4.2.1. Radioactive material and waste sources at NPP

4.2.2. Gas-aerosol releases and liquid waste disposal from NPP

4.2.2.1. Gas-aerosol releases from NPP

4.2.2.2. Liquid waste disposals from NPP

4.2.3. Radiation incidents and accidents at NPP

4.2.3.1. Radiation doses from the CNPP accident

4.2.3.2. Territories contaminated with radionuclides from NPP accidents. Accident at Chernobyl NPP

4.3. Handling of RAM and RAW at NPP

4.4. Completeness and reliability of data on radioactive materials and radioactive wastes at NPP

5. [Ship propulsion nuclear reactors, attended enterprises, waste storages, sunk nuclear ships]

5.1. General

5.1.1. Objects of Navy and the Ministry of Economy of Russian Federation

5.1.2. Objects of civil marine fleet

5.2. Characteristic of radioactive materials (RM) and radioactive wastes (RW) accumulated

5.2.1. Quantity, composition, storing and reprocessing conditions of RM and RW of RF Navy

5.2.2. Accidents at Navy ship propulsion nuclear reactors

5.2.3. Quantity, composition, storing and reprocessing conditions of RW of civil marine fleet

5.2.4. Marine RW disposal, sunk nuclear ships

5.2.5. Radiation situation in the area of wreck of nuclear submarine Komsomolets

5.3. The characteristic of available data

6. [Nuclear research reactors and nuclear research centers]

6.1. General

6.2. Characteristic of accumulated radioactive materials (RAM) and radioactive wastes (RAW)

6.3. Completeness and availability of the data

6.4. Problems of RW ans SNF management at the research reactors and in research institutes

7. [Plutonium production and radiochemical reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel]

7.1. General

7.2. Characterization of accumulated radioactive wastes

7.2.1. The IA "Mayak"

7.2.2. The Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC)

7.2.3. The Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC)

7.3. Characterization of the available data

8. [Nuclear weapon production]

9. [Nuclear explosions]

9.1. General

9.2. The summary of statistical data on location, type, date, purpose and energy release of nuclear weapon tests and peaceful nuclear explosions, conducted in the USSR in 1949-1990

9.3. The characterization of accumulated radionuclides at the territory of ex-USSR as of 01.01.96

9.4. Existing databases

10. [Storage and reprocessing of the nonreactor radioactive wastes and spent ionizing radiation sources]

10.1.General

10.2.Characteristics of accumulated RW

10.3.Geoinformation system of RW burial on the special enterprises of Russia

11. [Social aspects of nuclear legacy of the former USSR]

11.1.Organizational principles of public relations and results of the sociological studies in the Russian Federation

11.2.Health of NFC plants personnel and population living in the regions of their accommodation

11.3.Ecological movement in Russia

12. [Conclusion]

[List of abbreviations and code names]

[Units of measurement]

[Supplement]