EU launches project for safe radioactive waste treatment in Ukraine

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The European Union has launched a EUR 950,000 project for the safe treatment of radioactive waste in Ukraine. This is stated in a press release of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, which was made available to Ukrinform.

"The EUR 950,000 project 'Specification of waste forms to allow safe treatment, storage and disposal of problematic radioactive wastes held at Ukrainian nuclear energy facilities' is one of the three new initiatives, launched by the EU this autumn in the framework of the EU-funded Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation," reads the press release.

The main purpose of the three-year project is to transfer to Ukrainian counterparts the know-how and capabilities to effectively adopt modern technologies and to design relevant facilities for the safe and cost-effective treatment and further disposal of radioactive waste which is currently being accumulated and stored at Zaporizhia, Rivne, Zuyhnoukrainsk, Khmelnytsky and Chornobyl nuclear power plants.

To read more please visit: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/2584832-eu-launches-project-for-safe-radioactive-waste-treatment-in-ukraine.html

Source: Ukrinform