الدروس المستفادة من تصفية المنشآت و المواقع النووية المدمرة في العراق

Abstract EN

There are many lessons to be learned from the decommissioning experience of destroyed nuclear facilities and sites in Iraq which has been used for nuclear activities and contain significant amounts of radioactive waste.

The decommissioning of bombed nuclear facilities needs detailed civil engineering assessments and careful decommissioning planning to remove the potential hazards in effective and safe manner.

A master decommissioning plan has been developed to decommission all destroyed nuclear facilities and sites in Iraq.

The decommissioning programme started in July 2008 and it will continue till December 2025.

The plan consists of 3 phases : the 1st phase (2008-2010) to decommission 3 low radiological risk facilities - the intent of this phase is to build the staff capacity and their decommissioning capabilities and experience, the 2nd phase (2011-2015) to decommission 5 high radiological risk facilities using the experience gained in phase 1 and 3rd phase (2016-2025) to decommission the remaining nuclear facilities and sites based on radiological risk prioritization scheme.

The radioactive waste resulted from decommissioning of phase 1 has been stored in cargo container placed at Al- Tuwaitha site as a temporary solution until the rehabilitation of the damaged radioactive waste treatment facility and building a waste disposal facility similar to that of ANDRA France concrete cells for intermediate and low level waste .