Nuclear Decommissioning
Key areas include advisory services in decommissioning, facility inventory database development, regulatory support for decommissioning, dose rate calculation and modelling, review and development of safety documentation for operation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities and last but not least training and lecturing.
Clients are supported directly through framework contracts or in an associate capacity.
Services
Kind Consultancy s.r.o. provides a wide range of advisory and consultancy services in planning and implementation of nuclear decommissioning.
These services include:
- Facility inventory database development for power and research reactors worldwide
- Review and development of decommissioning plans for nuclear facilities
- Nuclear regulatory authority support by elaboration of safety guides, independent reviews and technical studies
- Advisory services in radiological characterization of fragmented reactor parts and support for their packaging
- Radiation dose rate calculations for radioactive waste management (RAW) scenarios by using MERCURAD software
- Periodical safety review – report development for nuclear facilities
- Licensing and QA documentation elaboration for NPP classified equipment and RAW containers
- Training and lecturing for different workshops and IAEA expert missions in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe
- Cooperation with the Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
References
International Atomic Energy Agency
Consultancy and lecturing services within IAEA expert missions, workshops and training courses focused on decommissioning in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Involvement in IAEA DACCORD Project 2 – Data Analysis and Collection for Costing of Research Reactor Decommissioning.
Jacobs Slovakia s.r.o.
BIDSF Project D4.2 “Dismantling of Reactor Coolant System Large Components” (Jaslovske Bohunice V1 NPP) – support for licensing process, development of licensing documentation for transport and storage containers for activated solid ILW, activity calculations for fragmented reactor parts, support for RAW packing and characterisation. Cooperation on indepent review of safety analyses for RAW treatment facility at Bohunice site.
Jacobs Czech Republic (Amec Foster Wheeler s.r.o.)
Periodic Safety Review for Final Processing of Liquid RAW facility at Mochovce site – Human factor report development. Methodology and Criteria for Performing Periodic Safety Review (Temelin NPP), Human factor report development
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
Lecturing services for the workshop on inventory characterization and cost estimation in decommissioning
Metrostav Slovakia a.s.
BIDSF Project D4.1 “Modification of the Plant and Installation of New Equipment” – Development of licensing documentation for Modification of pumping of contaminated water from Interim Spent Fuel Facility
NNEES – Network of Nuclear Engineering and Energy Services
Safety assessment of new reactor designs in China: ACP1000, ACP100 and CAP1400 – Radwaste management and decommissioning chapters
Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic
Regulatory safety guides on decommissioning of nuclear facilities; technical study on activated radioactive waste management issues; independent review of decommissioning and radwaste management plan for Stage II of Bohunice V1 NPP decommissioning
VUJE, a.s.
Update of decommissioning plans for non-reactor nuclear facilities in Slovakia and elaboration of Study for decommissioning costing of non-reactor nuclear facilities in Slovakia
DECOM a.s.
Study on Slovak legislation harmonization with EU directives and international recommendations for decommissioning of civil structures and application of clearance. Dose rate calculations using Mercurad software
About
Kind Consultancy s.r.o. is owned and run by Kristína Krištofová PhD., graduate from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in Decommissioning of reactor structures, who has a long term of nuclear experience in Slovakia and internationally.
The list of publications
Experience in:
- Decommissioning of nuclear facilities (planning, characterization, safety and licensing documentation elaboration, standardised costing)
- Using simulation software for dose rate calculation
- Deep understanding of RAW management system
- Participation or project management of several international projects focused on decommissioning planning
Contact
Kind Consultancy s.r.o.
Address:
Zvončín 299, 919 01, Zvončín
Slovakia
Phone:
+ 421 903 274 946
E-mail:
kristina.kristofova@kind-consultancy.com
