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New plasma melting plant opens at Bulgaria's nuclear power site
2018/08/02

New plasma melting plant opens at Bulgaria's nuclear power site

 

Bulgaria has opened a new plasma melting plant that will treat and dispose of radioactive waste at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Tuesday.

 

The 31 million euros ($36 million) facility will significantly reduce the volume of low and intermediate-level radioactive waste from Kozloduy’s two Soviet-made 1,000 megawatt units as well as from the four smaller reactors that have been shut between 2002 and 2006.

 

The plasma plant, built by a joint venture of Spain’s Iberdrola and Belgium’s Belgoprocess, has a capacity up to 250 tonnes per year, the EBRD said. It can also retreat historical radioactive waste, which can make the new technology potentially widely applicable beyond Kozloduy, EBRD said.

 

Last year, Bulgaria started the construction of a national depot for long-term radioactive waste that should become operational in 2021.

 

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-nuclear/new-plasma-melting-plant-opens-at-bulgarias-nuclear-power-site-idUSKBN1K01R8

Source: Reuters