Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility
Central Spent Fuel Storage Facility is a dry storage facility operated by Energoatom in Ukraine. Its capacity is not publicly disclosed.
Commissioned in December 2023 inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone, using Holtec dry storage casks. Before it existed Ukraine shipped used fuel from its VVERs to Russia for storage and paid for the service; the facility ends that dependency, and was completed during a war.
Facility
| Stage | Back end |
|---|---|
| Operator | Energoatom |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Capacity | not disclosed |
| Figure applies to | — |
| Note on the figure | Capacity not publicly stated in tonnes. |
| Status | operating |
| Commissioned | 2023 |
| Coordinates | 51.3800, 30.1000 |
Position in the chain
No disclosed capacity, so its share of world dry_storage capacity cannot be stated.
Other dry storage facilities
| Facility | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Clab central interim storage | 11,000tHM | operating |
| HABOG | not disclosed | operating |
| Zwilag central interim storage | not disclosed | operating |
| Ahaus interim storage | not disclosed | operating |
| Gorleben interim storage | not disclosed | operating |
| Ignalina dry storage | not disclosed | operating |
Sources
- World Nuclear Association, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste · retrieved 2026-09-06