Of all the radioactive wastes known in nuclear power industry and engineering, long-lived actinides and fission products from spent nuclear fuel are the most hazardous. One way to reduce their radiation hazard is to resort to nuclear transmutation, which can be performed either in reactors of various types or in accelerator-driven subcritical systems, whose nuclear safety is superior to that of conventional reactors. Fundamentally resolving the problem of the destruction of long-lived radioactive wastes is likely to stimulate progress in the development of the nuclear power industry.

PACS: 28.41.Bm, 28.50.−k, 89.30.Gg (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2003v046n07ABEH001386 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2003/7/d/ 000186470800003 Citation: Gerasimov A S, Kiselev G V "Radiation safety in the Russian atomic power industry" Phys. Usp. 46 717–723 (2003) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS) MedlineRefWorks PT Journal Article TI Radiation safety in the Russian atomic power industry AU Gerasimov A S FAU Gerasimov AS AU Kiselev G V FAU Kiselev GV DP 10 Jul, 2003 TA Phys. Usp. VI 46 IP 7 PG 717-723 RX 10.1070/PU2003v046n07ABEH001386 URL https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2003/7/d/ SO Phys. Usp. 2003 Jul 10;46(7):717-723 Оригинал: Герасимов А С, Киселев Г В «Проблемы радиационной безопасности атомной энергетики России» УФН 173 739–746 (2003); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0173.200307c.0739