Mar 28 - Daily News Bulletin; Moscow

A new radioactive waste storage facility near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant will be opened in April, Ukrainian Emergencies Minister Volodymyr Shandra said on Friday.

"In April we will open the first section of the Vektor facility capable of storing up to 500,000 tons of radioactive waste," the minister told a press conference in Kyiv.

Only Ukrainian radioactive waste will be stored at the facility, he said.

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