The first test run has been completed along a 43-km stretch of railway line in Ukraine linking a major rail line with the centralised spent nuclear fuel storage facility (CSFSF) near the Chernobyl nuclear power station.
State-owned nuclear operator Energoatom said restoration of the line from Vilcha to Yaniv was “a crucial step” in the project to commission the storage facility, which will be used to store spent fuel from the Rovno, Khmelnitski and South Ukraine nuclear stations.
The train used in the test run on 29 July carried a dummy container of spent nuclear fuel, the company said. The press service of state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said all tests were successful and the lines to the Chernobyl exclusion zone “are fully ready for operation”.
State-owned nuclear operator Energoatom said restoration of the line from Vilcha to Yaniv was “a crucial step” in the project to commission the storage facility, which will be used to store spent fuel from the Rovno, Khmelnitski and South Ukraine nuclear stations.
The train used in the test run on 29 July carried a dummy container of spent nuclear fuel, the company said. The press service of state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said all tests were successful and the lines to the Chernobyl exclusion zone “are fully ready for operation”.
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