On July 24, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine amended "The Grant Agreement (Chornobyl Nuclear Safety Project) between EBRD, Cabinet of Ministers and State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine" dated 8 July, 2009.

Amendment will increase the amount of financing by the European Bank for the licensing process for commissioning of the new ChNPP Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2).

The Amendment will promote:
1. ISF-2 construction completion in line with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation and international standards.
2. Ensuring the facility commissioning taking into account best international practice and international experience.
3. Decreasing of the burden on the Ukrainian budget by financing of a technical assessment of documents justifying ISF-2 safety from international assistance funds.

The Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility is intended for acceptance, processing for storage and direct storage of spent fuel assemblies and spent additional absorbers, accumulated at Chornobyl NPP.

Read more: Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2)

Implementation of construction and installation work under the project is about 99%.

The "cold" Facility testing using the spent fuel assemblies dummies was started on May 6, 2019. Its completion is scheduled for early October 2019.

"Hot" testing with real fuel will start from the end of November 2019 and will be implemented within 3 months. The project completion is scheduled for July 2020.

Source: SNRIU