LOCATION: Kuznetsovsk
SUBORDINATION:Enerhoatom ADMINISTRATION: Director: Volodymyr Korovkin
Korovkin was appointed director in
January 1998.
[Enerhoatom Web Site, http://www.gca.atom.gov.ua.]
{Entered 3/23/2000 GD} TYPE: Units 1 and 2: VVER-440, model 213
Unit 3: VVER-1000, model 320
UNITS: Three
Unit 1: initial criticality12/80 (operational
9/81)
Unit 2: initial criticality 12/81 (operational
7/82)
Unit 3: initial criticality 11/86 (operational
5/87)
Sources: [1] "World List Of Nuclear Power Plants,"
Nuclear News, September 1994, p. 71. [2] "Power Reactors: Country-by-country
Summaries," World Nuclear Industry Handbook, 1995, p. 33. [3] Uranium Institute,"Power Reactors
in Ukraine", http://www.uilondon.org/,
15 July 1996, p. 1. {Updated on 8/21/96 GN} POWER: Unit 1 - 420 MWe
Unit 2 - 420 MWe
Unit 3 - 954 MWe
FUEL: Units 1 and 2 - enriched to 3.3 percent.
Unit 3 - enriched to 3.3-4.4 percent.
[NEI World Nuclear Industry Handbook,
1992, p. 94.] SAFETY: The US Department of Energy (DOE) is active in improving
safety at Rivne NPP. DOE programs began in 1993 and have focused
on improving the safety of day-to-day plant operations. In its initial
assessment of Rivne, DOE emphasized the development of emergency operating
instructions, improvements in operator training, and the performance of
in-depth safety assessments. DOE projects have included a comprehensive
safety assessment of Unit 3, the delivery of six ultrasonic flaw detectors,
components for a full-scope simulator at Unit 3, operator exchanges, initiation
of the Systematic Approach to Training Methodology from the Khmelnytskyy
Training Center, and the drafting of new safety procedures for VVER-440/213
units.
[Pacific Northwest Laboratories website,
http://insp.pnl.gov:2080/?profiles/rivne/doe_scope.] {Entered 3/21/2000,
GD} COMMENTS: In May 1996 it was reported that out
of five nuclear units officially under construction in Ukraine, Rivne's
Unit 4 is one of the two units given priority, and was due for completion
in 1998.[1] Other reports have given varying estimates of the pace
of construction and estimated completion dates. According to Deputy Prime
Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov,
as of March 2000 over $1 billion was needed to complete Rivne Unit 4 and
Khmelnytskyy Unit 2.[2] However, just two weeks later another Deputy
Prime Minister, Yuliya Tymoshenko,
stated that Rivne-4 was 90 percent complete and that only 3 billion hryvnyas
(about $550 million as of March 2000) were necessary for completion of
the project, which could be finished in a year to eighteen months.[3] Funding
for the completion of Unit 4 may come from one of two sources. The
first source is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
which has proposed a $1.47 billion dollar credit. The second source
is Russia, which has proposed a joint Russian-Ukrainian project with an
estimated cost of $800 million.[4]
Please see the Rivne NPP Developments and Rivne
Spent Fuel Developments files for more information.
Sources: [1] Nucnet, 20 May 1996, No.
25. [2] "Ukraine steps up talks with EBRD
on funding construction of nuclear reactors," Interfax, 3 March
2000. [3] UNIAN, 14 March 2000; in "Govt
views terms for Nuclear Plant Construction," FBIS Document CEP20000314000321. [4] "Raboty po dostroyke atomnykh stantsiy
na Ukraine v 1999 godu byli vypolneny na 60%," Interfax, 1 March
2000. {Entered 3/23/2000 GD}
