Decommissioning Project


completed
Management, dismantling and adaptation of the electric power system

During the operation period, in case of interruptions in the power supply, the plant’s electric power system was ensured by three diesel 1,500-kWe generators. ..

completed
Disassembly of pipes in the primary circuit

During the operation period of the plant, the primary circuit transferred the heat of the nuclear fission reaction to the boilers and generated steam. ..

ongoing
Reclamation of the fuel pool

During the plant operation period, the fuel pool was used to temporarily store and cool fuel elements coming from the reactor. ..

completed
Dismantling of auxiliary plants

In 2002, auxiliary plants and boilers in use during the operation period of the site were dismantled; such plants were intended for the production, storage and evaporation of the carbon dioxide needed to pressurise the primary circuit. Subsequently, in 20

completed
Dismantling of Turbine Building

During the operation period, the turbine building contained three 70-Mwe turbo-alternators to generate electric energy from the steam of the boiler in the primary circuit.

completed
Creation of an interim storage facility for radioactive waste

The low and medium activity radioactive waste resulted from the plant’s activity and decommissioning operations are stored in a specifically created temporary repository

ongoing
Dismantling and adaptation of the sea-water circulation system

During the plant operation period, a specific system called “sea-water circulation system” was implemented to supply the plant with seawater for cooling operations and steam condensation, as well as for the discharge of liquid effluents.

ongoing
Removal of the old discharge system for active effluents and reclamation of related areas

During the plant operation period, the discharge of active effluents coming from the treatment facility for radioactive liquid effluents, was implemented through a specific system channelled into the discharge pipes of the plant’s “sea-water circulation s

completed
Reclamation KCFC pit

The underground repository, called “KCFC pit”, hosted 78 cemented tanks, with a capacity of 220 litres, containing the “KCFC” filters for treating the fuel pool water

completed
Creation of the Extraction and Conditioning Facility of Latina

The project to build an Extraction and Conditioning Facility in Latina, involved the creation and implementation of a plant to extract and condition radioactive sludges – resulting from the former treatment of liquid active effluents - in cementitious mat

planned
Dismantling of the reactor building

Great part of the radioactivity of a nuclear power plant lies in the nuclear fuel used to generate electricity.

ongoing
Dismantling of the old treatment plant for active liquid effluents and creation of the new plant

Between 2020 and 2021, a new plant will be implemented for the treatment of radioactive liquid effluents (ITEA) resulting from the decontamination of the components produced during decommissioning and washing of personal protection equipment of the staff.

planned
Recovery treatment and conditioning of Magnox residues

The project involves the implementation of a MAGNOX Plant, for the recovery, radiological characterisation, treatment and conditioning through cementation (grouting) of residual radioactive Magnox materials, currently stored in the “splitter pits”.

ongoing
Creation of a facility for the treatment of contaminated materials

The slightly contaminated metallic materials resulting from future decommissioning operations of the liquid active effluents treatment facility