On September 10, “hot tests” commenced at the new Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility No.2 (hereinafter referred to as ISF-2), under the specific permit for commissioning of the nuclear facility issued by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine.
The day before, the first batch of 9 spent fuel assemblies was loaded into the transfer basket at ISF-1, in the presence of the IAEA inspectors, and this morning the basket was transferred from the wet-type storage facility (ISF-1) to the new facility (ISF-2) for further spent fuel handling.
Spent fuel is transported by a special railcar which also serves as biological shielding to protect personnel from radiation exposure.
ChNPP Acting Director General Volodymyr Pieskov notes that the start of hot testing was preceded by long preparatory work at both ISF-1 and ISF-2. Spent nuclear fuel handling at both storage facilities and its transportation is a comprehensive set of quite serious and interconnected operations, whereas the “hot” tests represent an important procedure which from now on will use the real spent fuel assemblies, not the dummies.
On the 7th of September, SSE ChNPP obtained a specific permit for commissioning of a nuclear facility – the Interim Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2).
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