Sevmash to produce containers for radioactive waste
Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, starts serial production of a new type of container for spent nuclear fuel from Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant.
Sevmash and Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP) have concluded an agreement on production of 30 containers for storage and transportation of radioactive waste, a press release from the company reads.
The shipyard in Severodvinsk has earlier produced containers for spent nuclear fuel from submarines and icebreakers. The containers for LNPP are larger and heavier than earlier produced types. They are four meters high, 2.4 meter in diameter and weigh 88 tons.
