KYIV, Dec 15 – Thirteen containers with spent nuclear fuel have already been placed into the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF), the pilot operation of which began in 2023, acting Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) Oleh Korikov has said.

"In 2023, the operating organization National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom has actually worked out routes for delivering fuel to the CSFSF, trips have already been made from three nuclear power plants, and today 13 containers with spent fuel are stored at its site," he said during a briefing at the Media Center in Kyiv.