ІV International Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning and Environment Recovery INUDECO 2019 got started on April 25 within the framework of the activities dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the Chornobyl NPP accident.
The Conference is held to address problems and perspectives, increase the efficiency level of scientific and practical research, establish cooperation and exchange of experience in decommissioning of nuclear facilities and environmental recovery.
150 representatives from Ukraine, Norway, Denmark, France, Japan and Spain have participated in the Conference.
The First Deputy Director General of SSE ChNPP Valeriy Seyda in his welcome speech addressed the participants. The key speakers opened the conference: Oleg Nasvit — First Deputy Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management; Yurii Fomichev – Mayor of Slavutych; Anatolii Nosovskyi — Director of Institute for Safety Problems of NPPs, NAS of Ukraine; Niels-Kristian Mark — Senior Scientific Officer of Institute for Energy Technology (IFE, Norway), Technical Project Manager of “Creation and Development of Chornobyl Decommissioning Visualization Center (CDVC)”; Mark Zhelezniak and Shigekazu Hirao — Fukushima University (Japan).
During the first session the following issues were discussed: Research and Development Support of Chornobyl NPP Site Activities; Chornobyl Decommissioning Visualization Centre — Use of VR for Real-Time Simulation in Dose Calculation and Visualization as part of ChNPP Decommissioning Planning; Overview of Atmospheric Dispersion of Radionuclides after the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP; and many others.
The first day of the Conference was completed by a technical tour to the Chornobyl NPP facilities. The participants had the opportunity to visit the Plant’s industrial premises and be familiarized in person with the ChNPP Units decommissioning progress.
