Special train to deliver spent nuclear fuel from Beloyarsk NPP to Siberia
A special train for shipment of the containers with spent nuclear fuel is under construction at the Beloyarsk NPP in Sverdlovsk region, Uralpressinform reported
Bellona,
02/09-2005
The spent fuel in question was unloaded from the plants two reactor units, which are shut down now. The fuel is stored in the reactor pools. It is planned to load this spent nuclear fuel on the newly constructed train and ship it to Zheleznogorsk in Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia for long-term storage.
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