September 10, 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of operation of the “wet” type spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage facility — ISF-1.
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.
CHNPP’s staff have completed 94% of the preparatory work for the decommissioning of Power Unit No. 2
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.
The Chornobyl NPP has handed over a new batch of children’s books in English to the Slavutych City Department of Education, which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) donated to Ukrainian children as part of its humanitarian aid programme.
From July 27 to 31, 2026, a technical meeting on the application of IAEA safeguards at the facilities of SSE Chornobyl NPP and the Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) was held in Vienna, Austria. The event was organized by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) and the U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) within the framework of the International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program (INSEP).
As more and more nuclear facilities around the world enter to the phase of final shutdown and move to the stage of decommissioning, it is important to gain experience in effective and transparent interaction with stakeholders: local communities, regional organizations and society as a whole.
This was stated by the participants of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Meeting on the stakeholders involvement in the process of Nuclear Facilities Decommissioning, which took place from 20 to 24 July 2026 in the IAEA headquarters in Vienna (Austria). Denys Khomenko, SSE ChNPP Deputy Technical Director (for Operation), presented the Chornobyl plant at the event.
Nearest Events
| September 26, 1977 – the first power unit of Chornobyl NPP commissioned |
| October 1, 1986 – Power Unit 1 post-accident re-commissioning |