Nuclear specialists have shut down power unit No. 2 with an EGP-6 reactor at the Bilibino NPP (Chukotka). It will switch to a mode without electricity generation, the Rosatom press service reported.
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The disconnection from the grid and cooling of the reactor units of the other two power units of the Bilibino NPP (No. 3 and No. 4) are scheduled for December 11 and 22.
Power unit No. 1 was shut down back in 2018. Specialists removed spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from the reactor core, moving it to a storage pool.
Subsequent stages of decommissioning the Bilibino NPP:
- removal of SNF to the "Mayak" production association
- removal of working fluids from equipment
- retrofitting of the radioactive waste management system
- decontamination of equipment
- fragmentation of structures and buildings
- rehabilitation of the NPP site
Andrey Kuznetsov, chief engineer of the Bilibino NPP, stated that there is a lot of work ahead. According to him,"the start of full rehabilitation of the site is seen beyond 2054".
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