Chernobyl NPP - Integrated Test of PKOTRO Facility

In December 2008, testing was conducted on the PKOTRO facility at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The facility will be used to handle solid radioactive wastes. The tests covered eight different systems including:

• Sorting system
• System pressure
• Combustion system
• PCS
• Cementing system
• Internal transportation
• Accounting systems
• Control systems

The final phase of these activities is testing of the combustion of low-level solid radioactive waste. This system includes a combustion chamber, re-burning and gas cleaning system. All tests were carried out over five days.

Photos courtesy of ChAES