In the spring nuclear facility will be built in Kharkiv
| "STATUS QUO", Kharkiv, 2012-01-30, 11:00 |
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Ukraine has ordered all the equipment necessary for construction high nuclear facility that is neutron source in Kharkiv. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine (Kyiv) Michael Gashev during the board meeting in Kyiv, the "Interfax-Ukraine" reported.
"All contracts for the supply of equipment from Kazakhstan, Russia and China were concluded. This spring, we need to begin construction", said M. Gashev.
As Deputy Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Yuriy Sapronov added on January 30, all tenders for the construction of an installation "neutron source based on subcritical assembly driven by a linear electron accelerator" were held. General contractor for the construction of the facility is Kharkiv Company "Stalkonstruktsiya". Work on the construction of the building will begin in February. Tenders for the installation of the facility are held by the Central authorities in Kyiv.
"SQ" Reference. April 2010, Ukraine and the United States signed an agreement to replace highly enriched nuclear fuel to low enriched. In particular, within the framework of cooperation it has been replaced fuel of research reactors in Kyiv and Sevastopol. Also, according to the partnership, it is planned to build nuclear facility - the source of neutrons in Kharkiv on the territory of NSC "Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology".
