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The UK has made support available for pre-decommissioning facilities in Chernobyl through the EBRD. In addition to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund, the UK has provided financial assistance to other decommissioning facilities at Chernobyl, Ukraine through European Bank for Construction and Development (EBRD) managed funds. The UK has also provided £1.5m funding to each of the EBRD managed decommissioning funds for the decommissioning of reactors in Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia. In all cases, these contributions were made as part of the international effort to ensure that early Soviet designed reactors, which did not meet international safety standards, were closed as early as practicable.
Bulgaria closed Kozloduy Units 1 and 2 at the end of 2002, and reactors 3 and 4 closed at the end of December 2006. Similarly, for reactors 1 and 2 at Bohunice, Slovakia. Lithuania closed Ignalina Unit 1 at the end of 2004 and the second reactor is to be shutdown by end December 2009; all in accordance with their EU Accession Treaty commitments. Funds also been provided for projects directly related to closure and decommissioning, for example facilities for dealing with radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel plus support to ensure the adequacy of electricity supply following closure of the reactors by upgrading the electricity supply network, energy efficiency measures to help offset the reduction in electricity capacity plus district heating projects, development and upgrading of thermal plant and investigating requirements to develop existing gas transmission systems.
