Italy / 45% Of Work Completed On Nuclear Decommissioning, Says Sogin

Dismantling of Garigliano reactor core ‘on schedule’
45% Of Work Completed On Nuclear Decommissioning, Says Sogin
File photo of the Garigliano nuclear station, which had a single 150-MW boiling water reactor unit that was permanently shut down in 1982. Courtesy Sogin.
By the end of 2022, more than 45% of work will be completed as part of the programme to decommission Italy’s fleet of nuclear power plants, state-owned nuclear waste management company Sogin said.

Sogin said the volume of work completed in 2021 amounted to 7.2% against a forecast of 6.6%. This followed 28.3% in the three years from 1999-2020. The target for 2022 is 10%.

Sogin said that in 2021 it had finalised 578 contracts related to decommissioning worth almost €177m.

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