By Marius Jokūbaitis, LRT RADIJAS, LRT.lt.
Lithuania’s is preparing to dismantle the RBMK-type reactor cores of the Ignalina nuclear plant – the same ones as in the Chornobyl plant. No one has yet done it.
The plant’s second unit housed RBMK reactors that were among the most powerful in the world. Plant employees are currently dismantling everything that can be safely removed without highly specialised expertise.
The reactor core will be dismantled by robots equipped with what plant officials describe as cutting-edge technology. Work on equipment with such high levels of radioactivity is not normally carried out by humans.
The reactor’s graphite components are expected to be dismantled by specialists from international companies, most likely from the United States or France.
“This will be the most complicated task. But we will be the first in the world to have done it,” said plant director Linas Baužys.
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