Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom announced it has received from the national regulatory authority the operating permit for the centralised spent nuclear fuel storage facility (CSFSF) near the Chernobyl nuclear power station.
The repository is the first consolidated interim storage facility for Russian VVER reactor fuel. Construction began in 2017, although initial contracts with main contractor US-based Holtec International were signed in 2005.
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