An offsite meeting of the working group of the Committee on Environmental Policy, Natural Resources and Mitigation of the Chernobyl Accident Consequences of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was held today at the Chernobyl NPP. The visit took place in accordance with the work plan of the Committee in the framework of the Eight session of the Verkhovna Rada. Deputies set an objective to study the issues related to commissioning of the New Safe Confinement and other facilities of the Exclusion Zone.

Representatives of the deputy corps visited the site under the arch of the New Safe Confinement and the construction site of Interim Storage Facility No.2, and familiarized themselves in detail with the progress of the projects. During the visit, a working meeting was held with the participation of the members of the Committee, the ChNPP administration and Chairman of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management.