About 45 thousand tons of equipment were dismantled at Ignalina NPP

During the entire decommissioning process, starting from 2010, the SE Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (hereinafter referred to as the INPP) has dismantled 45 thousand tons (44 954) of equipment and other related structures. This is about 29 percent of total equipment amount that is planned to be dismantled within the entire decommissioning process by 2038.

Around 6.7 thousand tons of equipment were dismantled in 2017. According to the Ignalina NPP Final Decommissioning Plan, overall it is planned to dismantle about 1531 thousand tons of equipment and other related structures by 2038.

Dismantling quantities are increasing each year since the shutdown of the plant. At the moment, there are ongoing intensive dismantling works at the turbine hall of the second unit about 68 percent of equipment and other related structures, and at D1 unit (control electric equipment, deaerators) about 81 percent of equipment and other related structures have been already dismantled.

The major part of dismantled equipment, after the strict measurement control of contamination by radionuclides, is being sold by auctions as scrap metal, while the remaining dismantled equipment will be temporarily stored in the buffer storage facility (project B 19-1) on the enterprise site until transfer to repositories for final disposal.

Dismantling and decontamination works are being performed by the Ignalina NPP personnel own forces. The activity is financed by International INPP Decommissioning Support Fund and Ignalina Programme Fund.