• Iurii G. Smirnov
• Aleksandr O. Orlov

DOI: 10.21440/0536-1028-2020-1-5-13

Abstract

Introduction. The construction of underground installations in permafrost is aimed at ensuring the
integrated safety of power facilities, small nuclear power plants (SNPP). In these conditions, location
choice is a crucial stage in SNPP design and construction. As a rule, construction sites are situated at
remote and little developed territories. Construction in permafrost is characterized by adverse climatic
conditions and frozen soil, which lead to construction cost indicators growth.
Research aim is to carry out comparative evaluation of two sites available for the facilities arrangement
at the Peschanka copper porphyry deposit by ranking SNPP location sites.
Methodology. Natural and climatic conditions play a significant role in siting and are capable of affecting
the safety of both the nuclear facility and surrounding territories during a nuclear power plant operation.
The choice of the station location is associated with a number of natural and man-made environmental
characteristics.
Results. The determining factor in the use of the energy sources under consideration is the need to bring
them closer to the main energy consumers, especially in remote and hard-to-reach areas without developed
infrastructure. As part of SNPP creation concept, there is an increasing significance of research concerning
the siting of underground radiation-hazardous facilities. The methodical approach to selecting sites for
underground installations in permafrost includes their ranking.
Summary. While ranking the sites according to natural and socio-economic criteria, the most acceptable
sites for SNPPs are identified. The results of research on the choice of particular sites during the
construction of a mining and processing complex at Peschanka deposit have made it possible to make a
conclusion on the site’s suitability for underground installation adit location.

Key words: small nuclear power plant; underground installation; hard rock mass; permafrost; site
selection; ranking; Peschanka deposit; technical and economic indicators.

Acknowledgements. Research has been carried out under the government contract of the Mining Institute
KSC RAS, theme no. 0226-2018-0008.

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Received 25 July 2019

(according to the archival documents and newspaper publications at the beginning of the 20th century)
Sil'nykh E. V. – The Ural State Mining University, Ekaterinburg, the Russian Federation. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The article illustrates some chapters of history of the creation of library at the Ural State Mining University – the first
institution of higher education in the Urals. Some extracts from newspaper publications of the beginning of the 20th
century have been introduced, which were dedicated to the gradual development of the library, replenishment of its
reserves, which were fundamentally realized for the donations of the citizens of Ekaterinburg. Some materials from the
reserves of the State Archive of Sverdlovsk region have been introduced, which include the resolutions of the Institution
Council as far as the library is concerned. In connection with the coming anniversary of the Research Library of the Ural
State Mining University the attention is stressed on the determination of the date of the library foundation.
Key words: the Research Library of the Ural State Mining University; the history of the library; newspaper publications of
the beginning of the 20th century; archive documents; the library organization; replenishment of the reserves of the library.

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The article considers the problems of the analysis of association links in the sphere of subsoil use, which help to determine
and explain the nature of relations between the notions within the limits of the system of subsoil use. The analysis is
introduced of causal relationships between the interdisciplinary approach in the solution of the problem of subsoil use and
the possibility of actually complex solution of eco-economic and social problems; the explanation to this relation is
represented by application examples (the deposit of copper-nickel ore in Voronezh region and the deposit of copper ore
near Chelyabinsk). Causal relationship is studied between the admission the natural (ecological) factor as the higher
priority and possible practical realization of the conception of sustainable subsoil use; the explanation to this realization is
given through the hierarchy of the levels of subsoil use control (conceptual, ideological, political, and economic).
The analysis is introduced of the causal relationship between the degree of taking into account the time factor and the
formation of ecological, social, economic, and technological problems in the sphere of subsoil use. Association link is
studied between the action and the result in the sphere of subsoil use; the reason for the absence of innovations in the
sphere of refining complex is explained and the low application level of the majority of subsoil use resources. The analysis
is introduced of the relationship between the materials (subsoil use resources) and their potential production.

Key words: subsoil use; association links; cause and consequence; action and result; material and production;
interdisciplinary approach; priority of the natural factor; time factor; discounting; profit distribution; profitability; resource
processing depth.

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