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The interrelationship between the life cycle of a power-generating unit of a nuclear power plant and the life cycle of the plant site is examined. It is shown that the work performed at the final stage of the life cycle of a power-generating unit must be mutually coordinated with the life cycle of the site and the industry. This work is best viewed as a new investment project organized along the appropriate modern lines.
It is recommended that the handling of the radioactive materials produced at all stages of the life cycle of the power-generating unit of a nuclear power plant and the optimal use of the plant site be studied from a different viewpoint-minimizing the cost of storing radioactive materials by converting a substantial portion of these materials into reusable industrial wastes.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 100, No. 5, pp. 339–349, May, 2006.
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Kopytov, I.I., Nozdrin, G.N., Kharchenko, E.D. et al. Nuclear power plant site lifetime. At Energy 100, 317–324 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-006-0088-2
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