The (radioactive waste management) program to approaching the dangerous sites of the industrial complex 'Pridnieprovsky Chemical Plant' (Dnieprodzerzhinsk) to the environmental safety system and the public protection against ionizing radiation

City Dnieprodzerzhinsk is one of the most unfavorable Ukrainian industrial cities where ecological state is evaluated as critical. This situation appeared as a result of neighbor location of large metallurgical, chemical ad coke plants in the center of the city. Millions tons of industrial wastes are accumulated in storage places and dumps on the city territory. The most critical is the problem of radioactive pollution of the city and Dneproptrovsky region caused by long-term processing of uranium-contained ores at Industrial Complex 'Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant' from 1948 to 1991. 9 deposits of radioactive wastes (RW) were created during this period containing 36 million tons of RW with total activity about 75000 Ci. The article lists these radioactive waste deposits and their parameters. Almost all the mentioned storage places do not have environmental isolation and create the threat of radioactive pollution for underground waters, atmosphere and neighbor soils. Industrial Complex 'Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant' found in 1947 was one of the first Soviet enterprises for the processing of various uranium ores. For dozens years the different technologies for the obtaining of uranium compounds were developed and tested at the plant. Since the part of waste disposals is located near Dnieper river, there is real threat of radionuclides migration with underground waters and their penetration to the river. Another problem is the radioactive pollution of industrial stainless hardware and production areas at the plant. Thus, there are radiation-polluted floors with gamma radiation from 100 to 10000 μR/hour. According to the radiation security requirements, the situation is considered as radioactive accident that needs urgent deactivation and burial. To solve the problem, the specialists of Ukrainian Scientific R and D Institute for Industrial Technology developed The (Radioactive Waste Management) Program to Approaching the Dangerous Sites of the Industrial Complex 'Pridnieprovsky Chemical Plant' (Dnieprodzerzhinsk) to the Environmental Safety System and the Public Protection against Ionizing Radiation. The Program was approved by Cabinet Council of Ukraine nr.1846 of 2003/11/26 and has been under implementation since 2004