Minister's confession: the annual volume of radioactive waste in Ukraine is 3-4 million cubic meters
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved changes to the law “On Radioactive Waste Management,” as well as amendments to the Budget Code regarding improving the mechanism for financial support for radioactive waste management, which will allow the construction of spent nuclear fuel to begin.
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This decision was made at a government meeting, the Government Portal reports.
“In Ukraine, during each year the volume of radioactive waste amounts to 3-4 million cubic meters. However, during the period of independence, not a single storage facility was built for their burial,” said Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Ostap Semerak, arguing for the need to amend these laws.
Semerak recalled that in 2018, high-level waste generated as a result of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel from Ukrainian nuclear power plants will begin to return from the Russian Federation.
“And building the necessary storage facilities is extremely important. And these financial arrangements that are being proposed today are aimed at fulfilling this task,” he noted.
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