Safely Managing Waste, Sealed Sources, Decommissioning and Site Remediation Activities at the Vinca Institute

To improve the control and management of sources of radiation at the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, including (i) safe and secure processing and conditioning of radioactive wastes and disused sources, (ii) decommissioning of old solid waste storage facilities and underground liquid transuranic waste tanks, (iii) site-wide radiological characterization, and (iv) upgrading radiation protection and emergency response capabilities.

(Note: This project is 100% funded by extra-budgetary funds and parallels an identical work plan submitted to the Commission of the European Communities (EC) in cooperation with the Serbian Ministry of Science. Each aspect of the project is addressed within the CPF.)