On 3rd of October the Chornobyl NPP was visited by representatives of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (hereinafter – NRC) led by the NRC’s Commissioner the Honorable Stephen G. Burns. The U.S. colleagues were accompanied by the Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (hereinafter – SNRIU) Hryhorii Plachkov and SNRIU’s staff.
The Commissioner and his attendants visited the Interim Spent Fuel Dry-type Storage Facility (ISF-2) where they were briefed on the technologies for the SNF management and storage, as well as techniques that will ensure the technological process after the ISF-2 commissioning. Also they went to see the New Safe Confinement (NSC) construction site and the space under the NSC’s Arch. The guests were mostly interested in the further actions regarding the existing Shelter Object, in particular, plans of dismantling the Shelter’s unstable structures and bringing it into the state of environmentally safe system. In addition, the guests visited the ChNPP former satellite city Prypiat.
This information visit was held within the framework of the Arrangement between the SNRIU and the U.S. NRC for the exchange of technical information and cooperation in nuclear safety matters dated 13 March 2018.
