The first batch of damaged spent nuclear fuel from Lithuania’s shutdown Ignalina nuclear power station has been moved to an interim spent fuel storage facility, a statement said.
According to the statement, fuel assemblies which have been deformed in the reactor cores at the two-unit station or have cladding defects are considered “damaged”.
Defects also occurred during transportation of fuel assemblies and during operations like loading and unloading from the reactor, and transferring and storage in the spent fuel pools.
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