Storage of ionizing radiation ampoule sources on the base of stand complex 'Baikal-1'

Repository for spent ionizing irradiation ampoule sources (IRAS) on the basis of scientific-research reactor complex 'Baikal-1' was established and put into operation in 1995. It is meant for placing for the long-term storage of spent IRAS delivered from different enterprises and institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Earlier spent IRAS were sent for processing and storage to enterprises of Russian Federation. Activities on acceptance, transportation and placing for storage of the spent IRAS helped to improve essentially the ecology in many regions of Kazakhstan and to restart the activity in oncological centers. At present there was accepted and placed into the repository more than 16,000 IRAS and among them 27 sources with oncological activity more than 2,000 Ci every. (author)