ÚJV Řež is since 2007 involved in the international transportation of spent nuclear fuel from research reactors. Since 2007 were realized 17 separate shipments from 12 countries.
Our services:
- Rental, maintenance, and inspection of containers
- Transport of empty containers to the place of loading
- Transport of containers loaded with fuel to the destination (borders of the Russian Federation) including the provision of necessary permits
- Operator training at the place of loading
- Supervision of loading, drying, and closing of containers
- Leakage check by helium test
- Accompanying the shipment (providing radiation protection)
- Management of the return of empty containers
RRRFR and MNSR Projects
We have been providing services for the transport of spent nuclear fuel back to Russia for 9 years, participating in the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR), a part of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) GTRI Nuclear Threat Reduction Initiative.
This project was followed by a contract currently underway for the transport of used nuclear fuel from Africa and Asia to China (project MNSR).
History of the shipments
- 12/ 2007 – Czech Republic (Řež, reactor LVR-15)
- 7/2008 – Bulgaria (Sofia, reactor IRT-2000)
- 10/2008 – Hungary (Budapest, reactor BRR)
- 9/2009 – Poland (Otwock, reactor EWA)
- 2/2010 - Poland (Otwock, reactor EWA)
- 5/2010 – Ukraine (Kiev, reactor VVR-M)
- 10/2010 – Belarus (Minsk, reactor Pamir-630D a IRT-M)
- 11/2010 – Serbia (Vinča, reactor RA)
- 3/2012 - Ukraine (Kiev, reactor VVR-M)
- 10/2012 - Poland (Otwock, reactor EWA) note: low-enriched fuel
- 3/2013 - Czech Republic (Řež, reactor LVR-15)
- 7/2013 – Vietnam (Dalat, reactor DNRR)
- 11/2013 - Hungary (Budapest, reactor BRR)
- 9/2015 – Uzbekistan (Tashkent, reaktor Foton)
- 12/2015 – Gruzia (Tbilisi, reaktor Breeder-1)
- 10/2016 – Ghana (Accra, reaktor MNSR)
- 4/2019 - Nigeria (Zaria, reactor MNSR)
