Spent Fuel Repatriation from Kazakhstan: Stage One

I.Bolshinsky (Idaho National Laboratory, United States), D.Thomas (Washington Savannah River Company), P.Chakrov, D.Nakipov (Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kazakhstan), S.N.Komarov, R.R.Kudoyarov (Sosny R&D Company )

Nuclear & Enviromental Safety, №1, 2011 (special edition)

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Between December 2008 and May 2009, Mayak received four trainloads of spent nuclear fuel from Kazakhstan. The implementation of this project demanded major organisational and engineering efforts.