The behaviour of radionuclides was studied by the method of thermodynamic modelling in the wide temperature range 400-3200 K during interaction of radioactive graphite with water vapour, taken in the ratio C (s):H 2 O (g) = 1:10 and 1:20 (by mass). It was determined that the main components of the gaseous phase over the whole temperature range are H 2 O vapour, H 2 , gaseous CO and CO 2 containing radioactive 14 C. Their partial pressures exceed 10 3 Pa. Cs, Sr, Ca, Be, Ni radionuclides, which radioactive graphite contains, form volatile hydroxides, U, Pu radionuclides-volatile oxides. The partial pressure of these radionuclides does not exceed 10 -1 Pa.