Construction is nearing a completion of a nuclear reactor in the north-western Belarusian town of Ostrovets on the doorstep of the EU despite fears in neighboring Lithuania, with its border running only around 20 km from the construction site, according to The National.
VVER-1000 Power Unit 4 at Rivne nuclear power plant was disconnected from the grid on August 25, as reported by the press service of the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company.
The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) has announced the auction, putting up on sale state-owned shares (33.3%) in the share capital of the private joint-stock company "Joint Ukrainian-Kazakh-Russian enterprise for the production of nuclear fuel"(JV "UkrTVS"), the SPF press service reports.
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRC) has approved integrated systems testing of the interim used fuel storage facility (ISF2) at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The approval means the facility has officially entered the post-construction phase, the USA's Holtec International reported, according to World Nuclear News.