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Revision as of 10:47, 5 October 2012

National Centre for Nuclear Research – Otwock-Świerk

National Centre for Nuclear Research – Otwock-Świerk

Otwock-Świerk 30 km in the south-east of warzawa has been polands toplocation for nuclear research since 1955 and continiues to be so to present day. During the dacades svereal Swierk institutes formed the core of polands nuclear ambitons, also bearing over the time 4 of polands 5 ever set up nuclear research reactors and critical esembleys, of wich one is still operating. During the first decades from 1955 to 1982 polands nuclear reaserch was centralized in the Instytutu Badań Jądrowych (IBJ), wich was split up in 1982 due to political dissent within the scientific staff. A new reorganistion took place in September 2011 when the new National Centre for Nuclear Research - Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) – was merged out of the former independent Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies (IPJ) and POLATOM Institute for Atomic Energy (IEA). This officially occuerd as direct consequence out of the current atomic energie programm with its aim of implemeting a commercial atomic reactor in Poland. According to its selfunderstandment the NCBJ shall be providing background infrastructure for this in a tecnical and theoretical scientific way as well as providing so called „expert support for decisonmakers“ in the nuclear powerproject. Beyoynd this the NCBJs provile containes almost everything conectet to nuclear physics. This ranges from fundamental research in plasmaphysics over engeneering nuclear accelerators, design and production of nuclear medical treatments to cooperation with european security and law enforcmence programms such as euritrack. Also in Swierk, the national radioactive waste managment facility runs several pants for intermediat storage and conitioning of any kind of radioactive waste, produced in poland. This waste subsequently is being transfered to russia, as spend fuel of the research reactors is concerend, or, in case of low and medium radioactive wast, shiped to national repository at rozan.

Institutes in Swierk

  • Institute of Nuclear Research -Instytutu Badań Jądrowych (IBJ) - 4.6.55 until 1982
  • POLATOM Institute for Atomic Energy (IEA) 1982 until 31.10.2011
  • Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies (IPJ) 1982 until 31.10.2011
  • Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (IChTJ) since 1982
  • National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) since 1.11.2011
  • Radioactive Waste Manegment Plant (RWMP) operated by the minstry of treasury

Research Reactors

Maria

  • construction started in June 1970 and was completed in December 1974[1]
  • water and beryllium moderated, ligth water cooled pool reactor[2]
  • nominal power: 30 MW[2]
  • used to use highly enriched Uranium of 80% U235 but has been converted tu usage of 36%HEU in 1999
  • For minimizing the danger of proliferation plans had been made to converte the reactor further to use Ligthly Enriched Uranium (LEU).
  • In 2005 aproximatly 39 kg of highly HEU were transferd tu russia. This occured among the "Global treat reduction initatve", a treatment between russia and the unitet states wich subsequently supports the removal or disposal of excess HEU and other and radiological materials from civilian sites worldwide.
  • In september 2009 Poland and russia signed a contarct to export spent nuclear fuel to russia to bee prosessed at the majak plant.
  • spend fuel stored at reactor site


sources:

http://www.cyf.gov.pl/wstep_ang.html

http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P1360_ICRR_2007_CD/Papers/G.%20Krzysztoszek.pdf

http://nucleus.iaea.org/RRDB/Reports/Container.aspx?Id=R1

http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2006/poland.html

http://nnsa.energy.gov/aboutus/ourprograms/nonproliferation/programoffices/officeglobalthreatreduction

http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2009/murmansk_snf_shipments

Ewa

  • oldest polish atomic reactor, launched in 1958 shut down february 1995
  • nominal power 10MW
  • ligthwater ractor, powered with 10% U235 LEU
  • the reactor building is currently under reconstruction and beeing turnd into a dry storage facility for nuclear waste


sources:

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/wiki/Forschungsreaktor_Ewa

http://www.cyf.gov.pl/wstep_ang.html

Agata

  • zero-power-reactor
  • unloaded and dismanteled


http://www.iaea.org/OurWork/ST/NE/Pess/cop14/CoP14_Niewodniczanski_specialsideevent.pdf

Anna

  • critical assembley
  • unloaded and dismanteled


Additional resources