| dc.description | The goal of this work is to review decommissioning methods for nuclear propulsion ships
throughout of survey on decommissioning experience. Governmental regulation typically dictates cleanup
of a decommission site. It is satisfying the stringent regulations that prove to be a primary cost driver
for decommissioning and waste disposal. Reactor types and sizes, the number of reactors on an individual
plant site, and labor costs are among the main factors affecting costs. Thus, it is so important to develop a
good recycling policy after nuclear-power plant ship inactivation. This work found that adequate
requirements identification must keep economics always in the center of design. Experience shows,
except after major catastrophic accidents, nuclear industry may earn public trust by open dialogue with
the population and sound engineering practices, searching for right technical solution and great planning
for long time. To achieve this goal, this work proposed the following method: firstly, it presents the
characteristics of nuclear-powered submarines. Secondly, an approach concerning the decommissioning
process of nuclear-powered submarines adopted by the US Navy, Russian Navy, Royal Navy, French
Navy and others which brings the past experience on this field, providing some information on history,
architectures and hints of reasons for the success or failures of each project. Finally, this works compared
the decommissioning processes of these navies under the perspective of the nuclear regulatory process. | |
