A medal for Sogin from Rosatom
15 March 2013
Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has awarded a
medal to Sogin in recognition of its “international collaboration in the
nuclear sector,” for its commitment in the dismantling of Russian
nuclear submarines and in the securing of their radioactive waste.The
award was bestowed on the tenth anniversary of the debut of the Global
Partnership project, an international aid program for the Russian
Federation, which was launched in 2002 by the G8 in order to solve the
grave problems generated by the Cold War nuclear legacy. In particular,
it entailed the dismantling of 197 nuclear submarines in a state of
disuse with nuclear fuel still on board, as well as the securing of vast
quantities of radioactive waste, which were posing a critical threat to
the environment.
Sogin, the state company in charge of nuclear
site clean-up and the securing of radioactive waste in Italy, was
entrusted by the Italian government in 2005 with the task of
coordinating general activities and carrying out all operations in
Russia for the abovementioned purposes. As of today, these activities,
implemented in collaboration with other Italian companies, have involved
six nuclear submarines and the management of a series of important
projects for the treatment, transportation and safe storage of
radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
After ten years of
operations, many of the problems have been solved, and with this medal,
which has so far been awarded, other than to Italy, solely to Canada,
France, Germany and Japan, Rosatom honors those companies and those
countries that have excelled in increasing nuclear safety within the
Russian Federation.