6/3/96:DRY STORAGE IS SLATED TO START IN 1998 Ukraine plans to begin dry storage at Rivne in 1998. [Peter Coryn, "Ukraine Government Passes Waste Plan, But Hitch Delays Implementation,"
NuclearFuel, 6/3/96.] 8/95:RIVNE DEVELOPING 50-YEAR STORAGE FACILITY Reportedly, Rivne NPP has purchased shelving from the Czech company "Skoda" for the storage of spent radioactive waste. According to Mykola Friedman, the head engineer at Rivne, this should solve the problem of storage of spent nuclear fuel for the next 4-5 years. Freidman went on to say that Rivne is developing a project for the storage of nuclear wastes for the next 50 years. They are in the process of purchasing Western containers for use in this project. [Anatoly Panov, "Problemy Bezpeky," Zeleny svit, 8/95, p. 4.] 10/27/94:CANADIAN FIRM WILL PROVIDE CONTAINERS FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE Ukraine has struck a deal with Ontario Hydro International, Inc. in which the Canadian firm will adapt its dry storage containers to accommodate spent fuel from 2 VVER-440 units at Rivne and 3 RBMK units at Chornobyl. This should alleviate the spent fuel storage concerns at the Chornobyl and Rivne nuclear power stations, at least in the near-term. Canada has decided to allocate $3 million of the $15 million nuclear safety assistance package for spent fuel storage. The Canadian storage canisters are unique high-density concrete and will be altered so that the fuel bundles will fit. Ukraine will pay Ontario Hydro $6.5 million (Canadian) in order to acquire the licenses to manufacture an unspecified number of containers in the future; 550 containers will be delivered immediately. The Ukrainian State Committee for the Use of Atomic Energy will be responsible for manufacturing the canisters. [Ray Silver, "Ontario Hydro To Adapt Canisters for Chornobyl, Rivne Spent Fuel,"
Nucleonics Week, 10/27/94, p. 3.] 7/93: UKRAINE TRIES TO BITUMINIZE SPENT FUEL
Rivne's capacity to store spent nuclear fuel has increased as a result of the renovated cooling pond. This alteration will allow for the storage of burnt-out fuel-assemblies in 1994. Another method the Ukrainians have experimented with is "bituminization," used by the Japanese, in which spent fuel is mixed with bitumen.[1,2] Sources: [1] UKRINFORM, 7/31/93; in "Rivne Nuclear Station To Store Radioactive Waste," FBIS-SOV-93-146, 8/2/93, p. 61. [2] "Storage, Ukrainian Style," Energiya: Ekonomika, tekhnika,
ekologiya, 5/93, p. 33.
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