Krasnoyarsk region has been chosen to host a large spent fuel repository that would accommodate "more than 40,000 tonnes" of spent fuel, according to Igor Konyshev, a Rosatom official. This repository appears to be different from the one the storage facility that would be attached to a reprocessing plant that is being planned for Zheleznogorsk (that facility was reported to have maximum capacity of 11,000 tonnes of heavy metal).
Large spent fuel repository planned for Krasnoyarsk region
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Russia commissioned the first stage of the centralized dry storage facility at the Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk. When completed, the facility will be able to receive spent fuel of two types of reactors - RBMK and VVER-1000.The capa... Read More
