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Ukraine: South Ukraine Spent Fuel & Radioactive Waste Developments

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6/3/96: DRY STORAGE IS SLATED TO START IN 1998
Ukraine plans to begin dry storage of spent fuel in 1998.
[Peter Coryn, "Ukraine Government Passes Waste Plan, But Hitch Delays Implementation," NuclearFuel, 6/3/96.]
 
9/27/93: PIVDENNA NPP INSTALLED COMPACT RACKS FOR THE SPENT FUEL ASSEMBLIES
This power plant is the only one in Ukraine that is not experiencing a severe spent fuel storage crisis; this is because it has installed compact racks for the spent fuel assemblies.
[Ann MacLachlan, "Lack Of Spent Fuel Storage May Force Shut Down Of Several Ukrainian Units," NuclearFuel, 9/27/93, pp. 12-13.]

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