As the Armenian Government’s State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Committee informs, the government has granted a proper license for the operation of the fuel storage facility until 2020, “EcoLur” NGO reports.
The storage facility is classified as NUHOMS-56 located on the Armenian NPP site. NUHOMS-56 is placed into horizontal storage modules. The DSFS consists of eleven horizontally placed concrete modules for the storage of 616 spent fuel assemblies.
In 2005, and based on a proposal from the government, the National Assembly of Armenia passed a decision to extend the dry spent fuel storage. Now, it will enable to store 1,890 fuel assemblies for at least fifty years.