Possibility of Salvaging Spent Graphite Sleeves from the Reactors of the Siberian Chemical Combine by Incineration

Several thousand metric tons of spent graphite sleeves, which are being kept at solid-wastes storage facilities, have now been accumulated. The construction and state of most of the storages sites do not meet modern requirements because of the long time that these sites have been in operation and because the depths reach ground water, if the required protective barriers are absent. Consequently, there is a real danger that the radionuclides will contaminate the ground waters and the surrounding environment. To prevent this from happening, a system of measures must be instituted to put into place the required safety barriers or the sites must be liquidated.