Holtec Ukraine is an international division of Holtec International, registered on June 26, 2007 in accordance with laws of Ukraine to operate in Ukraine. Holtec Ukraine forms a key part of Holtec’s project execution team for the Ukraine Spent Fuel Storage Facility and Chornobyl Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility (ISF-2), the world’s largest dry fuel storage facility.
Holtec Ukraine’s capabilities include project management, design engineering, licensing support, construction support, manufacturing oversight, commissioning support, and site services. Holtec Ukraine provides analytical and engineering services for the Small Modular Reactor – 160 (SMR-160) and other Holtec International projects.
Holtec Ukraine’s operational Center is based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The operations center is managed by Mr. Sergiy Tarakanov, General Director. Mr. Riaz Awan, Vice President of Holtec Ukraine Operations, is the Holtec executive responsible for the operations and growth of the division.
Recent News
The SMR-160 Reactor Program Makes Giant Strides at the HI-STAC Symposium
We are proud to announce the commissioning of Slovenia’s first used fuel dry storage facility at Krško Nuclear Power Plant in Slovenia.
Ukraine Conducting Dry Runs to Commission World’s First Central Storage Facility for the Country’s Used Fuel Discharged by its Russian Origin Reactors
Ukraine National Nuclear Energy Company “Energoatom” is poised to begin moving used fuel from the nation’s operating reactors to its newly built Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility starting in 2022.
Ukraine’s Regulator Authorizes Operations to Commence Unrestricted Loading of Chornobyl Reactors’ Used Fuel using Holtec-Supplied Technology on the 35th Anniversary of the Tragic Accident
After an extensive battery of pre- commissioning and commissioning tests, Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate has authorized the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant to load used fuel from the Chornobyl three reactors with immediate effect.
Glimpses of Holtec Happenings in 2020
The year 2020 marked many milestones for Holtec, in spite of a global pandemic that has challenged us all.
Another Historic Milestone Achieved at Chornobyl
A historic milestone was reached on December 14, 2020 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, when Holtec-trained technicians loaded the second double-walled canister with RBMK reactor spent nuclear fuel into the site’s Interim Storage Facility (ISF-2).
Growing Interest in Holtec’s Innovative SMR-160 Reactor From Nations Seeking to Decarbonize Their Energy Generation
We are pleased to observe that the mounting demand for clean and reliable base load energy generation is fueling strong interest from many countries that view our inherently safe and economically viable SMR-160 small modular reactor (SMR) as the solution for reducing their carbon footprint.
Ukraine’s Nuclear Regulator Issues License Permit to Process and Load Used Fuel from Chornobyl’s Shuttered Reactors into Holtec Supplied Dry Storage Technology
On September 7, 2020, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) issued the License Permit to Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), the Owner, to start commissioning the Chornobyl Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (ISF-2) which, upon loading, will be the world’s largest dry storage installation.
2019 in Review
We bid a fond goodbye to 2019 which will stand out in our company’s annals as a watershed year when we began the implementation of several new ambitious initiatives that will shape our endeavors for decades to come.
Project Cheetah, Launched Fifteen Years Ago to Advance Safety of all Aspects of Used Nuclear Fuel Management, Notches New Milestones
Project Cheetah, quietly rolled out in 2004, has produced some transformative technologies such as underground canister storage, double wall canister and forced gas dehydration that have made dry storage implementation increasingly more efficient with the storage systems evolving into vanishingly small dose emitters and impregnable fortresses of security.
Chernobyl’s dry storage facility completed by Holtec is now ready to be commissioned to process and load used fuel from its three shuttered reactors
Success at last! On August 29, 2019, Holtec’s Project team completed the comprehensive pre-commissioning program (also called Cold Tests) for the Chernobyl Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (ISF-2) – the world’s largest dry storage installation.
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