Leaders of the Chornobyl Center met guests from Ignalina NPP
Leaders of the Chornobyl Centermet guests from Ignalina NPP (Lithuania) to discuss possible exchange of experience in the urgent questions of High-power channel type reactor decommissioning
On April 11, 2011 leaders of the Chornobyl Center had a meeting with guests from Ignalina NPP (Lithuania). They discussed the approaches to the decommissioning of NPP with the high-power channel type reactors, radioactive waste management, information technologies.
Also it was discussed the prospects of partnership between organizations on urgent issues of nuclear installations decommissioning.
The delegation of Ignalina NPP visited International Radioecology Laboratory of Chornobyl Center, where they took a look at the capabilities of the center in the field of Radioecology.
Tomorrow, on April 12, 2011, Lithuanian experts on nuclear energy visit the Chornobyl NPP and the Shelter Object.
Information ( Agency REGNUM News):
In 1974 preparations started for construction of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). In 1975 a memorial stone was placed to mark the site of the would-be Sniechkus town.In March 1978 the earth-moving work was started for the construction of energy Unit 1 of INPP. The work was completed by September. C onstruction works in the hydraulic system of industrial water were completed at the beginning of 1980. Simultaneously, the construction of Unit 2 was underway – in December 1980 the earth-moving works were completed. In 1983the construction of Unit 3 began.On 31 December 1983, Unit 1 was commissioned.In 1986 the erection works of Unit 2 were completed. Originally, Unit 2 was to be launched in 1986 but commissioning postponed because of the accident on Chernobyl NPP to the year 1987. Unit 2 was put into operation on 31 August 1987.By that time, approximately 60 percent of Unit 3 was completed but after the Chernobyl accident the government of the LSSR requested USSR authorities to stop the construction of Unit 3. The construction of Unit 3 was preserved and totally suspended in 1989.
The most powerful power plant in the world was built for 11 years. The construction of INPP necessitated constructing 142 km of roads, 50 km of railway, 390 km of communication lines, 334 km of electricity lines, 133 km of sewerage lines, and 164 km of thermal lines. 544,000 m3 of concrete and reinforced concrete and 76,480 tones of reinforcement were used for the construction.
In 2001 at INPP worked 4634 employers, 1290 of whom are women. 92,04% employers are citizens of the Republic of Lithuania. On October 5, 1999 the Government of the Republic of Lithuania approved the National Energy Strategy, according to that Unit 1 of INPP was shut down by 2005. On May 2, 2000 the Parliament of Lithuania adopted the Law on the Decommissioning of Unit 1 of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. It was shut down on December 31, 2004. On December 31, 2009 Unit 2 was shut down.
Ignalina NPP was shut down at the request of the European Union – it was one of the conditions for Lithuania’s joining to the EU.
