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10.07.2018 16:47
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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, Reuters reports.
It is 31 million euros facility and will significantly reduce the volume of low and intermediate-level radioactive waste from Kozloduy’s 1,000 megawatt units as well as from the four smaller reactors that have been shut down.
“In a breakthrough in the treatment and disposal of radioactive waste a plasma melting plant has started operations at the site of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria,” the EBRD, which manages the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund, said.
The project is financed with 65% coming from the fund and rest from the Bulgarian government. The new technology allows for treatment of waste with a minimal risk of radioactive contamination.
“As the final waste form is free from organics and liquids, it will meet strict quality and stability requirements for long-term storage or final disposal,” the EBRD said.
The plasma plant was built by a joint venture of Spain’s Iberdrola and Belgium’s Belgoprocess and has a capacity up to 250 tonnes per year, according to the EBRD. It can also retreat historical radioactive waste, because of this the technology can become applicable beyond Kozloduy, it said, Reuters reports.
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