Two Soviet-era reactors at the Bohunice nuclear power station in Slovakia have been fully dismantled and the components decontaminated for safe storage or recycling.
The work was funded through the Bohunice International Decommissioning Support Fund (BIDSF) supported by the European commission together with Austria, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK and managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
As of mid-2018 more than €650m ($664m) had been contributed to the BIDSF, according to the EBRD.
The EBRD said this is the first time reactors of this type have been decommissioned and disassembled directly on site.