Decommissioning and reuse of facilities for radioactive waste management at the UJV Rez, a. s

After 60 years of activities of the ÚJV Řež, a. s. in the nuclear field, there were obsolete nuclear facilities to be decommissioned. Many of these facilities were used for radioactive waste (RAW) management and some of them were or will be reused after decommissioning. ÚJV Řež, a. s. (further also ÚJV) is a leading institution in all areas of nuclear R&D in the Czech Republic and has had a dominant position in the nuclear programme since it was established in 1955 as the Nuclear Research Institute Řež. The activities of ÚJV encompass nuclear physics, chemistry, nuclear power and many other topics. The main issues addressed at ÚJV in past decades have included research, development and services for NPPs, the fuel cycle and irradiation services for research and development in the industrial sector and medicine. ÚJV also manages most institutional radioactive wastes (RAW) produced in the Czech Republic (approx. 90%).