IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi visited Chornobyl NPP on 18 January.
Mr Grossi was accompanied by the top leadership of IAEA, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, senior management of SNRIU and SAEZM.
One of the objectives of the IAEA delegation’s visit in Ukraine was to establish the continued presence of IAEA at the Ukrainian NPPs, including Chornobyl site.
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine with the involvement of SSTC NRS has conducted state review of nuclear and radiation safety for the ChNPP’s “Report on Results of Stage 3 of the Comprehensive Commissioning (‘hot’) Testing of the Solid Waste Retrieval Facility and Solid Waste Processing Plant (SRPP) of the Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management (ICSRM). The document was approved on 13 December.
Although approval of this document does not yet mean the completion of commissioning of Solid Waste Retrieval Facility and Solid Waste Processing Plant (SRPP), however, it shows significant progress Chornobyl NPP has achieved in this direction.
On 14th of December we mark the Day of Honoring the Liquidators of Consequences of the Chornobyl Accident. For the occasion, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine Mr Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi, officials of the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management, and officials and personnel of Chornobyl NPP paid tribute to the fallen liquidators by laying flowers on the Chornobyl Memorial near the ChNPP Administrative Building.
In addition, during his visit Mr Krasnolutskyi awarded the ChNPP workers that participated in liquidation of consequences of the Chornobyl Disaster and that have endured the occupation of the Chornobyl site by russian forces in February-March 2022 with honorary diplomas.
From November 22 to November 24, 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the IAEA) mission worked at Chornobyl NPP site.
The mission was held in the framework of Assistance Action Plan, the document developed and signed between Ukraine and the IAEA following the visit of the IAEA representatives to Ukrainian nuclear sites and to de-occupied Chornobyl NPP in April – June 2022.
The main purpose of the Plan is providing Ukraine with technical assistance and support in nuclear safety and security area. Now, it is the third IAEA mission at ChNPP. During the visit, ChNPP safety issues, in particular, physical protection, nuclear safety and radiation monitoring are investigated and discussed.
