On Tuesday, 15 September, the Ukrainian delegation, including Serhii Tarakanov, Director General of Chornobyl NPP, held a bilateral meeting with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA as part of the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The delegation of SSE Chornobyl NPP, headed by Director General Serhii Tarakanov, represents the plant at the 70th IAEA General Conference, which began on September 14 in Vienna. This year the conference has set a record for the number of registered participants: 3,664 people.
September 10, 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of operation of the “wet” type spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage facility — ISF-1.
A new 2 MW photovoltaic power plant has begun operated at the Chornobyl NPP industrial site, serving as an additional backup power source for the New Safe Confinement (NSC). The completion of the photovoltaic plant's construction was marked by an official ceremony on September 9.
Maksym Protsenko, Head of the Engineering Centre at the Chornobyl NPP, has returned from a large-scale international intensive course on modern approaches and technologies for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. The training was organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in collaboration with the Slovak Government (JAVYS).
The global nuclear industry is constantly evolving, and the number of nuclear facilities entering the decommissioning phase is growing. For the Chornobyl NPP, this process is a reality that requires the use of state-of-the-art technologies and the highest level of expertise among staff.
The second of four stages of the Chornobyl NPP’s decommissioning is currently underway, involving the final closure and decommissioning of the reactor units at Power Units Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
To date, the plant’s staff are preparing the premises in the conservation zones of the first-stage power units at the Chornobyl NPP: 94% of the physical work has already been completed on Power Unit No. 2, and 44% on Power Unit No. 1.
The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station, which is the city’s main employer in Slavutych, is offering the town’s young people the opportunity to find out more about careers related to working at the CHNPP and to see what it is like from the inside. The career guidance events will be held as part of a recently signed Memorandum of Cooperation between the Chornobyl NPP and the Department of Education and Science of the Slavutych City Council.
On 24 August, Independence Day of Ukraine, the sixth Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen took place in Kyiv, organised on the initiative of Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska. Representing the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station at the event was Lyudmyla Kozak, a physical security engineer, who worked at the station for 26 days in February–March 2022 under russian occupation.
| October 1, 1986 – Power Unit 1 post-accident re-commissioning |
| October 11, 1991 – Power Unit 2 was permanently shut down |