Research Reactor

  • Reactor type: IRRT-2000.
  • Commissioning: 1961
  • Shut down: 1989
  • Final shutdown with resolution of the Council of ministries in May 1999.
  • 06 July 2001 – resolution of the Council of ministries for reconstruction in a reactor with low power 200 kW and partial decommissioning during the reconstruction.
  • Licensing status:
    • 18 December 2004 – Permission for design of research reactor with low power
    • 24 April 2004 – Application for approval of design
  • Current condition: The process approval of the design is under development.

In 2008 was completed the joint project between Bulgaria, Russian Federation, USA and IAEA for releasing the reactor site from nuclear fuel. In July 2008 all of the spent nuclear fuel is returned to the Russian Federation accumulated from the commissioning of the reactor in 1961 to its shut down in 1989.

The full release of the reactor site from spent nuclear fuel contributes to the sufficient risk decrease for the public and the environment and opens the way for fulfillment of the Council of ministries resolution for partial decommissioning and reconstruction in a reactor with low power.
 

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