LOCATION: Energodar
SUBORDINATION: Enerhoatom ADMINISTRATION: Director: Volodymyr Pyshnyy
Pyshnyy was appointed on 25 March 2000
and replaces Danko Biley.
[UNIAN, 25 March 2000; in "New Zaporizhzhya
Nuclear Plant Director Appointed," FBIS Document CEP20000225000023.] {Entered
3/28/2000 GD} TYPE: VVER-1000, model 320
UNITS: Six
Unit 1: initial criticality 9/84 (operational
4/85)
Unit 2: initial criticality 6/85 (operational
10/85)
Unit 3: initial criticality 4/86 (operational
1/87)
Unit 4: initial criticality 12/87 (operational
1/88)
Unit 5: initial criticality 6/89 (operational
10/89)
Unit 6: in 10/95 (operational immediately)
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] Ukraine Opens New Nuclear Reactor,"
United Press International, 6 October 1995. [4] "Ukraine," UI News Briefing,
NB95.41-1, 3-10 October 1995. [5] "Power Reactors in Ukraine,"
Uranium Institute website, http://www.uilondon.org,
15 July 1996, p. 1. {Updated 8/21/96 GN} POWER: 953 MWe per operating unit
Sources: [1] "World List of Nuclear Power Plants,"
Nuclear News, September 1994, p. 71. [2] "Power Reactors in Ukraine," Uranium Institute website,
http://www.uilondon.org,,
15 July 1996, p. 1. {Updated on 8/21/96 GN} FUEL: Enriched to 3.3-4.4 percent
[NEI World Nuclear Industry Handbook,
1992, p. 104-105.] STATUS: Six reactors are operating, making
this plant Europe's largest with 5700 MWe.
["Interview With Mikhail Umanets: Derzhkomatom
Speaks,"
Nukem, August 1995, p. 20.] SAFETY: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has been active
in improving safety at the plant. DOE programs began in 1993 and
have focused on improving the safety of day-to-day plant operations, upgrading
safety systems, and ensuring adequate storage facilities for spent fuel.
DOE projects have included operator training (since 1994), new operating
procedures and practices (1993-1997), and in-depth safety assessments (since
1996). In addition, DOE provided fire-fighting and fire-prevention
materials and equipment (since 1993) as well as a dry storage system for
spent fuel (since 1994).
DOE Management and Operational Safety upgrades include
drafts of a new set of emergency operating instructions for both operators
and management; an operator exchange program, upgrades to the full-scope
simulator for Unit 5, simulator instructor training sessions, computer
equipment and peripherals, utilization of the Systematic
Approach to Training methodology from the Khmelnytskyy NPP, and staff
training that focuses on internal quality assurance audits.
DOE Engineering and Technology upgrades include the
delivery of fire-resistant sealant materials, fire detectors, sprinkler
heads, fire fighting equipment, technology transfer to a Ukrainian company
(Askenn Concern) that manufactures fire-resistant doors, delivery of equipment
to inspect steam-generator tubing, and the delivery of 12 ultrasonic flaw
detectors.
DOE Fuel Cycle Safety upgrades include a project
to provide three spent fuel dry-storage casks, a cask transporter, training
for the use of this equipment, a construction license from the Ukrainian
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety, and procedures
for the dry-cask storage system.
Lastly, in the Nuclear Safety in an Institutional
and Regulatory Framework area, DOE improvements include training Ukrainian
regulators to use new analytical tools for evaluating dry-storage safety
compliance and creating a national standard for quality assurance at nuclear
facilities.
[Pacific Northwest Laboratories Web Site, http://insp.pnl.gov:2080/.../za_history.]
{Entered 3/28/2000 GD}
