In the finding of SE “Ukrderzhbudexpertise” it is said: “Under the results of design documentation review and elimination of comments it is found that the specified documentation has been developed in accordance with initial design data along with observance of requirements to strength, reliability and life duration of the construction object, its operational safety, engineering assurance, sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population, occupational safety, ecology, fire safety, technogenic safety, nuclear and radiation safety, energy saving, and can be approved in accordance with the established procedure…”.

All works on the NSC project are divided into six Licensing Packages (LP). The works on three of them, namely: cleanup of the construction site, works on installation of trenches, foundation pits, foundations of lifting towers, working platform for the Arch assembling, foundations in the erection area – were completed. Foundations of the transport area are at the stage of completion. Licensing Package of the main facility LP-5, which includes foundations, metal structures, cladding and processing facility, was approved in December 2011. The Arch assembling activities are underway at the ChNPP industrial site according to this very Package.

Licensing Package-6 is one of the basic packages of constructing the New Safe Confinement, which envisages integration of whole NSC design.

The NSC construction works are performed by the contractor – NOVARKA Consortium.

More detailed information on the NSC construction design can be found here