%0 Book %A National Research Council %E Schweitzer, Glenn E. %E Sharber, A. Chelsea %T An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop %@ 978-0-309-09688-1 %D 2005 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11320/an-international-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-facility-exploring-a-russian %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11320/an-international-spent-nuclear-fuel-storage-facility-exploring-a-russian %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %P 302 %R doi:10.17226/11320 %X As part of a long-standing collaboration on nuclear nonproliferation, the National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences held a joint workshop in Moscow in 2003 on the scientific aspects of an international radioactive disposal site in Russia. The passage of Russian laws permitting the importation and storage of high-level radioactive material (primarily spent nuclear fuel from reactors) has engendered interest from a number of foreign governments, including the U.S., in exploring the possibility of transferring material to Russia on a temporary or permanent basis. The workshop focused on the environmental aspects of the general location and characteristics of a possible storage site, transportation to and within the site, containers for transportation and storage, inventory and accountability, audits and inspections, and handling technologies.