STORAGE FACILITIES AT SAYDA BAY

Within the framework of the G8 partnership, the German Ministry of Economics and Technology has been realizing a 300 EUR million project for the storage of decommissioned Russian nuclear submarines based on a German-Russian agreement. The main parts of the project are the construc- tion of the long-term storage facility as well as a radioactive waste storage facility at Sayda Bay. Long-term interim storage facility for this particular case has a period of about 70 years. The Ener- giewerke Nord GmbH (EWN) under the technical controlling of BAM carried out the project man- agement. Foremost in this presentation is the finalization of the long-term storage facility for nucle- ar submarine compartments and the planning and realization of the radioactive waste storage build- ing with special emphases of the parts carried out by BAM. Because BAM staff cannot stay perma- nently on site, a random inspection of different topics was the bases for the activities of BAM. The key aspects of activities are the long-term storage of the nuclear compartments, maintenance build- ing, the decommissioning of the compartments and the transportation of the very heavy weight compartments (1600 metric tons). Details relating to the progress of the construction work as well as information about technical recommendations will also be briefly illustrated. Within this scope, problems and difficulties during the construction of the storage facility as well as logistical chal- lenges including transportation of the reactor compartments will also be discussed.