Foreign References

Foreign References

  • IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED STRATEGY
    Support to Belgoprocess in the project to build the Dessel surface deposit (BE)
    Place:Belgium
    Client:Belgoprocess
    Year:2019 – in progress
    Project's description:
    The Belgoprocess company, involved in the design and in the construction of a surface deposit in the Dessel plant, has entrusted Sogin with the support for engineering activities concerning the handling of manufactured goods, ventilation systems, radiological monitoring and fire system. This is a transfer knowledge project of Sogin’s skills in the design activities of temporary deposits for low-activity waste. ​
  • STRATEGY DEFINITION
    Technical assistance for the decommissioning and management of radioactive waste from the JRC of Ispra
    Place:Ispra, Varese - Italy
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2018 – in progress
    Project's description:
    Sogin won the international tender for the supply of Project Management services and highly specialized technical assistance to the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, for the implementation of the program for the dismantling and management of radioactive waste on the Ispra site (Varese). In particular, the pool of experts of Sogin assists the experts of the European Commission, within a framework contract, on specialized topics such as the dismantling of nuclear installations, the nuclear waste management, the nuclear safety and the nuclear quality assurance. ​
  • STRATEGY DEFINITION
    Feasibility study on nuclear sunken objects in the Arctic Sea
    Place:Russia
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2017 - in progress
    Project's description:
    ​On behalf of the European Commission's General Directorate for Development and Cooperation Stability, Security, Development and Nuclear Safety, Sogin led a consortium of companies (German, English, Norwegian) to carry out a study which, based on the data provided from Rosatom, identifies the most dangerous nuclear objects of Russian origin sunk in the Arctic (nuclear submarines, nuclear reactors, etc.) and, based on a feasibility study, elaborate and propose a plan for their recovery. The plan examines the technical, safety and regulatory aspects, finally providing a time schedule and a budgetary estimate of the costs. The main activities of the project concerned the composition of the inventory of all types of objects sunk in the Barents and Kara seas, the classification of sunk objects and the feasibility study on the recovery, the management and the securing of objects.​
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED STRATEGY
    Advice on decommissioning of the V1 reactor at the Bohunice plant
    Place:Bohunice - Slovacchia
    Client:Javys
    Year:2015 – in progress
    Project's description:
    The project, acquired by Sogin following an international tender, concerns the provision of management and technical consulting services to the Slovak State Company JAVYS (Jadrová a vyraďovacia spoločnosť) for the dismantling of the V1 plant of the Bohunice nuclear power plant, with 2 pressurized VVER reactors 440-230. In particular, Sogin supports JAVYS in the management of the plant dismantling program. In addition to the project management services, the assistance in procurement, the engineering and the specialized studies, Sogin assists the Slovak Company in monitoring the progress of projects. ​
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Technical support services in characterisation studies for the Belgian national geological repository
    Place:Belgium
    Client:ONDRAF / NIRAS
    Year:2015 – in progress
    Project's description:
    As part of the waste disposal activities managed by the Belgian Agency for radioactive waste and enriched fissile materials (ONDRAF/NIRAS) the Sogin Group, through its subsidiary Nucleco, won a tender to provide services of technical support in the analysis and the characterisation studies related to the management of radioactive waste to be transferred to the future Belgian geological repository.​
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Framework contract for the provision of services at JRC-LMR of Ispra (VA)
    Place:Ispra, Varese - Italia
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2014 – in progress
    Project's description:
    The Sogin Group, through its subsidiary Nucleco, won a first 4-year contract and subsequent renewal of an 8-year duration for support activities for laboratory personnel to perform the measurement of radioactive and potentially radioactive samples, analysis chemical, radiochemical and radiometric measurements and “in situ” measurements
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Support activities for the characterisation at JRC-ITU in Karlsruhe
    Place:JRC-ITU Karlsuhe - Germania
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2013- in progress
    Project's description:
    The Sogin Group, through its subsidiary Nucleco, won a four-year contract and subsequent renewal for the characterisation of radioactive waste by means of a gamma-ray spectroscope and measurement of neutron coincidences of the JRC-ITU center in Karlsruhe. The contract includes the maintenance and calibration of measurement systems, the analysis of measurement results and the integration of information from different systems
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED STRATEGY
    Global Partnership
    Place:Federazione Russa
    Client:Ministry of Economic Development in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Year:2005 – in progress
    Project's description:
    The Global Partnership Program, signed by Italy at the G8 in Kananaskis (Canada) in 2002, aims to tackle and reduce the threat caused by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In this context, on the 5th of November 2003, the Italian government and the government of the Russian Federation signed a Cooperation Agreement in the field of the dismantling of nuclear submarines radiated by the Russian navy and the safe management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel. This Agreement was ratified by the Italian Parliament with the law no. 160 of 31st July 2005. The activities are directed by a Steering Committee composed of members of the Ministry of Economic Development and Rosatom (Ministry of Atomic Energy - MINATOM when ratifying the agreement). Through a specific agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development, signed in 2005 and renewed in 2008, the general coordination of activities, administrative and operational activities were entrusted to Sogin, which has a permanent presence in Moscow. In particular, to carry out all the technical-managerial activities, a Project Management Unit (UGP) was established based in Moscow, composed of a team of Russian and Italian technicians, headed by Sogin. The activities carried out and ongoing take place in the regions of Arkangelsk (shipyards of Zvyozdochka) and Murmansk (shipyards of Nerpa, site of Gremika and site of Andreeva Bay).
  • STRATEGY DEFINITION
    Hangyang University Consulting, South Korea
    Place:South Korea
    Client:Hangyang University
    Year:2018
    Project's description:
    Sogin won a contract with the Hangyang University to transfer its knowledge and good practices on the decommissioning activities carried out at the Bosco Marengo plant. The activities consist in fact in a transfer knowledge of the strategies of dismantling and estimation of time and methods of radioactive waste management
  • EXECUTION ON DECO ACTVITIES
    Characterisation of the Euracos converter
    Place:Italy
    Client:CNS - Consolidated Nuclear Security, USA
    Year:2017 - 2018
    Project's description:
    Sogin has entered into a contract with the US Department of Energy, CNS - Consolidated Nuclear Security for the characterisation of the Euracos converter material for the purposes of its classification in compliance with the current legislation.
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Collaboration with the Armenian Nuclear Authority (ANRA) and the Nuclear and Radiological Safety Center (NRSC)
    Place:Armenia
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2016-2018
    Project's description:
    The project involved technical and management support to the Armenian Nuclear Authority (ANRA) and to its Nuclear and Radiological Safety Center (NRSC) in the management, sector documentation also concerning the management of radioactive waste. The activity has allowed us to acquire a specific competence in providing strategic indications of good practice regarding the safety documentation of a plant.
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Cross-border cooperation project on detection and interception of CBRN material
    Place:Slovak-Ukrainian border
    Client:NRPA, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
    Year:2016 - 2017
    Project's description:
    The project, acquired following an international tender by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA), concerned the assistance in the nuclear and radiological field. In particular, the activity concerned the fight against illicit trafficking of CBRN material (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) on the Slovak-Ukrainian border. Sogin offered his expertise in the field of physical protection on radioactive materials and coordinated a team of international experts in the chemical and bacteriological field
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Radiological inventory review in Kosovo
    Place:Kosovo
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2014 - 2015
    Project's description:
    In Kosovo Nucleco has taken care, as part of the project with the European Union “EC-IPA-PROJECT for KOSOVO - Support to Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety”, of the revision of the radioactive waste inventory and it has carried out a register of sources and radioactive waste for the Nuclear Agency of Kosovo (KAPRPNS).
  • STRATEGY DEFINITION
    Development of the radioactive waste and spent fuel management strategy in Armenia
    Place:Armenia
    Client:European Commission
    Year:2013 - 2015
    Project's description:
    The project involved consulting the Armenian government for an integrated strategy in the management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, as well as a study to identify a site for the final disposal of this waste. The project involved the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia, the Safety Authority and local operators, sectoral organizations and universities in the area. The study has developed proposals on the regulatory process, funding and professional skills related to the management of radioactive waste. ​
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED STRATEGY
    Technical assistance for the dismantling of V1 of Bohunice
    Place:Bohunice - Slovakia
    Client:EBRD
    Year:2013 - 2015
    Project's description:
    The project involved the development of basic engineering and licensing documentation for the dismantling of the V1 reactor at the Bohunice nuclear power plant. In particular, the study covered all the technical and organizational aspects for the second phase of decommissioning including the elaboration of the documentation that the client will have to present to the Slovak authorities to obtain the authorizations necessary for the second phase of deactivation.
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTED STRATEGY
    Support for the George Besse I uranium enrichment plant dismantling project
    Place:Tricastin - France
    Client:EURODIF SA/AREVA
    Year:2009 -2016
    Project's description:
    Sogin provided engineering support to Eurodif, the European Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment Consortium, to define the methods for dismantling the George Besse I uranium enrichment plant, located in Tricastin. The project involved estimating costs and defining the time schedule and analyzing the risks associated with the dismantling methods considered. The decommissioning of this plant will lead to the management of about 28,000 tons of ceramics and 160,000 tons of radioactive metals (about 150 times the primary container of a PWR reactor) with the need to move large components.​
  • SUPPORT ACTIVITES
    Collaboration with the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center
    Place:China
    Client:Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center
    Year:2019 – in progress
    Project's description:
    ​On 15 April 2019 Sogin and the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center (NSC) of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China, which plays the role of Technical Support Organization of the Chinese Nuclear Safety Authority, signed a cooperation agreement regarding the Cooperation and three-year framework agreement on nuclear safety, operation, decommissioning and radioactive waste management. This agreement provides for cooperation between the NSC and Sogin in the field of training of Chinese technicians, nuclear safety, decommissioning and radioactive waste management, defining methods and tools for collaboration between the parties, including technical assistance and consulting services. As part of this agreement, on October 15, 2019, the first specific agreement was signed which entrusted Sogin, on the basis of the technical knowledge and experience gained, with a technical study on the safety of spent fuel reprocessing plants during the decommissioning phase. and on the management of radioactive waste.
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