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6 Current Russian Legislation Regulating Procedures and Conditions for the Import of Foreign Spent Nuclear Fuel--Valery S. Bezzubtsev
6 Current Russian Legislation Regulating Procedures and Conditions for the Import of Foreign Spent Nuclear Fuel--Valery S. Bezzubtsev
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. Prior to 1989, Soviet organizations accepted spent nuclear fuel from foreign power plants through the Atomenergoeksport All-Union Association of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Ties.
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However, in connection with the Russian Federation Congress of People's Deputies Resolution on Developing the State Program for Managing, Reprocessing, and Storing Radioactive Wastes and Spent Nuclear Materials and Urgent Measures to Improve the Radioecological Situation in the Russian Federation (dated June 22, 1990) , the Russian Federation Council of Ministers was assigned the task of preparing recommendations on prohibiting storage in the Russian Federation of the end products of the activities of atomic facilities from other republics and countries as of January 1, 1991.
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380 on Additional Measures to Strengthen Control Over Fulfillment of Environmental Safety Requirements in the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel (with amendments of March 1, 1996) gave the government of the Russian Federation three months to develop and ratify procedures for the acceptance of spent nuclear fuel from foreign nuclear power plants for temporary storage and subsequent reprocessing at Russian enterprises and for the return of radioactive wastes and materials created during reprocessing.
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CURRENT RUSSIAN FEDERATION LEGISLATION Legislative acts and regulatory-legal acts of the president and government of the Russian Federation have now been established to define the legal bases for the import of foreign spent nuclear fuel into the Russian Federation. Procedures and conditions for the import of foreign spent fuel are governed by the following regulatory-legal documents: International Conventions • The Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, dated May 21, 1963 (ratified by the Russian Federation on March 21, 2005)
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421 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated June 14, 2002 • Statute on the Financing of Special Environmental Programs for Rehabilitating Areas Contaminated by Radiation, affirmed by Resolution No. 588 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated September 22, 2003 • Rules for Confirming Expenditures for the Management of Irradiated Fuel Rods from Nuclear Reactors and the Products of Their Reprocessing, affirmed by Resolution No.
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The import into Russia of irradiated nuclear fuel rods produced in foreign states (irradiated fuel rods of foreign manufacture) is carried out on the basis of a positive recommendation by a special commission created by the president of the Russian Federation.
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Foreign trade deals involving irradiated nuclear reactor fuel rods are concluded by organizations specially authorized by the government of the Russian Federation only if the state environmental impact review results in a favorable recommendation. The limit on the number of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel rods imported into the Russian Federation each year is set by the government of the Russian Federation in cooperation with government entities in the various federation members that are the sites of organizations conducting activities related to the reprocessing of irradiated fuel rods from foreign states and their temporary technical storage,
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• "Irradiated fuel rods of foreign manufacture" -- fuel rods originating in a foreign state and irradiated in a nuclear reactor in a foreign state. • "Temporary technical storage" -- temporary storage of irradiated fuel rods and products of their reprocessing in specially outfitted repositories for the purpose of increasing safety and reducing the costs of their subsequent management.
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and the Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development of the Russian Ministry of Health. The statute establishes that foreign trade contracts for the import of spent fuel rods into the Russian Federation are concluded with the aim of facilitating • temporary technical storage of irradiated fuel rods, with subsequent mandatory return to the state that supplied them, and • temporary technical storage of irradiated fuel rods, with subsequent reprocessing.
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The statute also stipulates that irradiated fuel rods are imported into Russia subject to the limits established annually by the Russian government on the basis of Rosatom recommendations, which are coordinated with the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and government entities in jurisdictions that are the sites of organizations involved in reprocessing imported irradiated fuel rods and maintaining them in temporary technical storage. Irradiated fuel rods are imported into the Russian Federation for temporary technical storage with subsequent mandatory return to the state of origin on the following conditions: 1.
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4. The foreign trade contract for the import of irradiated fuel rods of Russian manufacture may include conditions for them to remain in the Russian Federation unless otherwise specified in international treaties to which Russia is a party.
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Rosatom, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, and Rostekhnadzor monitor the timely return of irradiated fuel rods and products of their reprocessing to the state of origin with which the Russian Federation has signed an international treaty calling for Russia to import irradiated fuel rods for temporary technical storage and reprocessing on the condition that the products of this process are to be returned. Rostekhnadzor, the Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development, the Ministry of Civil Defense Affairs, Emergency Situations, and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, and the Ministry of Natural Resources work in their areas of competence to provide state oversight of nuclear, radiation, and fire safety, as well as state monitoring of environmental safety at all stages in the management of irradiated fuel rods and the products of their reprocessing.
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• Statute on the Financing of Special Environmental Programs for Rehabilitating Areas Contaminated by Radiation (This statute defines procedures and priorities for the financing of special environmental programs that have undergone state environmental impact review as part of unified projects that include foreign trade deals associated with the import into Russia of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel rods.) • Rules for Approving Expenditures for the Management of Irradiated Nuclear Reactor Fuel Rods and the Products of Their Reprocessing (These rules establish a list of eligible costs for managing irradiated fuel rods, as well as procedures for determining and approving these expenses.)
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These requirements regulate matters of safety specific to dry storage sites for spent nuclear fuel as sources of possible radiation impacts on site personnel, the population, and the environment, and they establish requirements for ensuring the safety of these facilities. The document covers dry storage sites for spent nuclear fuel intended for the storage of such fuel from both power and research reactors and nuclear power units from ships and submarines.
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RUSSIAN LEGISLATION -- PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS 55 CONCLUSION At present the Russian Federation has the necessary legislative and regulatory base for the import (export) , storage, and reprocessing of foreign spent nuclear fuel.
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