Audit finds deficiencies in addressing targeted actions for “historical” radioactive waste management

In the 1960s in the Latvian city of Salaspils, a Nuclear Reactor was built according to a former Soviet Union design as the only civilian research reactor in the Baltic States. In 1995, a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a decision was made to shut down the Research Reactor and the preparation for decommissioning was started. Therefore, timely actions for dismantling of the former Research Reactor are very important due to the physical condition of “historical” radioactive waste which is still left in the Reactor and needs to be disposed safely.View full article...