The EBRD and Nuclear Safety at Chernobyl
With the thirtieth anniversary of the
Chernobyl accident approaching in
April 2016, we’re looking at the
EBRD’s continuing work to help secure the site and manage the power plant’s legacy. One major safety project is the new
Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility, the largest of its kind in the world, which will process nuclear fuel from Reactors
1, 2 and 3 – those that continued to
function after the meltdown of
Reactor 4, and which were finally closed in
1999. More than 21,
000 spent fuel assemblies will be stored in concrete modules safely and securely for a minimum period of a hundred years.
The project, managed by the EBRD, will cost in excess of €
300 million and is financed by the international community and the EBRD.