106 loaded casks with spent nuclear fuel are already at storage sites in the Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facility.
On 14 March 2019 the State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) announced the procurement of construction of Near Surface Repository for Low and Intermediate Level Short-Lived Radioactive Waste and engineering, construction and connection of external rainwater drainage network to the infrastructure (Project B25-2).
During the 26 years of operation Ignalina NPP has produced 307, 9 billion kWh of electricity: Unit 1 – 136, 9 billion kWh and Unit 2 – 170, 2 billion kWh. The total amount of electricity sold is 279, 8 billion kWh.
The rate of dismantling works constantly accelerates after the shut-down of Ignalina NPP. In 2018 Ignalina NPP dismantled over 5 thousand tonnes of equipment. According to the data for the year 2018 Ignalina NPP has dismantled 156 549 tonnes of equipment in total.
Ignalina NPP decommissioning activities are co-financed by European Union
