IAEA representatives tested Rivne NPP equipment for the SNF transportation

NNEGC Energoatom reported that representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which monitors the application of safeguards to nuclear material within the international agreement, visited Rivne NPP.

The purpose of the visit of the technicians and the IAEA inspector was to debug and test the equipment ensuring the implementation of the Agency's safeguards on the wagons for transporting HI-STAR containers that will transport spent nuclear fuel from the station to the Centralized Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel (CSFSF).

The work was carried out with the participation of specialists from Holtec International and separate divisions of Energoatom Atomproektengineering and Atomremontservice.

“The visit resulted in test sealing of HI-STAR containers with electronic seals of the RMSA system on the wagons intended for their transportation, and test sealing of the HI-STAR container lid with metal seals. The control over the work was carried out by the chief specialist – the state inspector of the Nuclear Safety Inspectorate at Rivne NPP Vitalii Maliutiak,” the company said.

To recap, the reactor plant of power unit No.4 was unloaded at Rivne NPP.

Tags: contracts, NNEGC "Energoatom", electricity, CSFSF, RNPP, infrastructure, energy security, power system

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