Abstract
Due to the absence in the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK) of an organization that tests transport packaging sets (TUK) in the course of work relating to management of radioactive waste (RW), spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and nuclear materials (NM), RK enterprises have troubles in obtaining permits for the use of TUK for various purposes. Currently, this issue is achieved in one of the following ways: – certificates-permissions for TUK designs are issued abroad and after they are received on the territory of the country that issued the certificate, the validity of certificates-permissions is expanded over the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan; – exemption of TUK from the requirements of regulatory legal acts (RLA). This solution is not always applicable, since it limits the amount of transported material (e.g., the mass of fissile material in one TUK is not more than 400 grams, provided that each individual package in the TUK contains maximum 15 grams of fissile NM) and is not applicable to all transported materials The availability of the own test base for TUK will set free the Republic of Kazakhstan from the need for foreign assistance in TUK certification. The bench complex (laboratory) will provide conditions for closing the TUK production process in the Kazakhstan and will create competition in the world market for these services.