Energoatom has received a license to operate a spent nuclear fuel storage facility
NAEK Energoatom has officially received a license to operate a nuclear facility. On May 28, the company was issued a license to operate the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF), allowing it to begin full-scale operations in accordance with safety requirements.
This was reported by the company’s press service.
It is noted that Oleg Korikov, Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU), officially handed over the license for the “nuclear facility operation” life cycle stage to Pavlo Kovtonyuk, acting chairman of the board of NAEK “Energoatom.”
The license confirms that the Facility’s technologies, infrastructure, safety systems, and personnel meet the highest requirements for nuclear and radiation safety, as well as international standards for spent nuclear fuel management.
Prior to the issuance of this license, the storage facility operated under a separate commissioning license. Its receipt marks the completion of the process of establishing Ukraine’s own system for the safe management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF).
“Obtaining the license to operate the repository confirms the Ukrainian nuclear industry’s ability to implement large-scale and technologically complex projects in accordance with the highest global safety standards,” Kovtonyuk emphasized.
According to him, the facility’s operation over the next 100 years will strengthen the energy resilience of Ukraine’s nuclear power generation, ensure the safe management of spent nuclear fuel, and provide the state with significant economic benefits—currently, Ukraine saves approximately $200 million annually, which was previously spent on transporting fuel abroad.
In turn, Korikov noted that the operation of the CSFSF will also ensure compliance with nuclear and radiation safety requirements and IAEA standards.
He explained that, in accordance with these standards, the spent fuel storage pools of each reactor unit at a nuclear power plant must have sufficient free volume to allow for the complete unloading of the core at any point during operation.
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