The Cabinet issued a resolution creating a center in charge of transportation, sorting, and safe storage of radioactive materials Tuesday.
The center will be the sole government agency responsible for managing radioactive waste, from transportation in specialized vehicles to long-term storage.
The government decree outlines the center's main tasks:
- sorting, processing, and long-term storage of radioactive waste generated during work with domestic and imported sources of ionizing radiation, as well as those that have failed;
- developing innovative methods for radioactive waste management and conducting scientific research;
- implementing digital and information technologies, and exchanging information with government agencies.
The center will be headquartered o the premises of an existing disposal facility at the Institute of Nuclear Physics.
