Ukraine / Energoatom And Holtec Announce Plans For Spent Fuel Container Facility

Deal welcomed as part of efforts towards post-war economic recovery

Energoatom And Holtec Announce Plans For Spent Fuel Container Facility
Ukraine’s centralised spent nuclear fuel storage facility (CSFSF). Image courtesy Energoatom.

Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom and Texas-based Holtec International have announced plans to build a facility in Ukraine for the manufacturing of spent nuclear fuel containers.

The announcement came on Wednesday (8 November) after a meeting between Ukraine’s energy minister Herman Haluschenko, Energoatom’s president Petro Kotin, Holtec’s chief executive Kris Singh and vice-president Riaz Awan.

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