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    On September 10-11, the delegation of the Belgian company TECNUBEL and the Institute for Radioelements (IRE-Elit) worked at Chornobyl NPP. The visit was part of a joint project aimed on creation of a pilot installation for chemical decontamination of small diameter pipes at Chornobyl NPP.

    The experts set two main objectives for this visit. The first is to get acquainted with the measuring capabilities of ChNPP water-radiochemical laboratory. In future all the tests necessary to create the installation and maximize its efficiency (analysis of pipe materials, development of decontaminating solutions, etc.) will be performed in this laboratory.

    The second task was to investigate the Chornobyl decontamination facilities being in operation. In addition to new decontamination facility creation Belgian experts are considering possible upgrading of the existing facilities with use of their own technologies. According to project manager Tarik Bouayad, during previous meetings Chornobyl specialists addressed with such request.

    On September 6, the painters have sketched the future mural on the end wall of Chornobyl NPP Turbine Hall.

    We will remind that on June 3 sketch-winner was chosen from 24 candidates for the mural creation at Chornobyl NPP. The author of the sketch was Valerіі Korshunov with his picture "Looking to the Future".

    The company MuralMarket was chosen as a performer, which is known for its work in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine (among clients: Market Stolychnyi, Darynok, Platform, Auchan, MasterCard, Oschadbank).

    "We are the largest company in Ukraine in the field of art and decoration, we perform all large-scale and complex orders", said Ihor Moroz, the works organizer and artist at MuralMarket.

    Cold tests, another important milestone in the Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2) construction project, has been completed. Their duration was almost four months, from May 6 to August 29.

    Cold testing is a mandatory part of ISF-2 pre-commissioning test and consists of three main steps.

    During the first stage the operability of the equipment of all major process systems and their ability to handle dummies of spent fuel assembly (hereinafter: SFAs) were tested. At the second stage of the test all auxiliary systems ensuring operation of the main ones were tested. The third stage of "cold" tests was aimed at identification of the maintainability of all ISF-2 equipment — whether its components and parts can be repaired remotely (without direct personnel involvement) in the case of their failure in the operating conditions of the facility.

    All three stages of testing were supervised by a commission consisting of representatives from the Contractor, the Employer and the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine.

    The Chornobyl NPP received a Certificate from the State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate of Ukraine, confirming that the constructed facility “New Safe Confinement (NSC). Commissioning Stage No.1 (CS-1). Licensing Package No.6 (LP-6). Protective structure with technological life support systems and necessary infrastructure” is in compliance with the design documentation, and the Certificate confirmed its readiness for operation.

    All works under the NSC project were subdivided into six Licensing Packages (LP). Five of them were already completed. These included site cleanup for the future NSC construction site, arrangement of the foundations and an Arch assembly platform, steelwork, cladding and major Arch equipment, in particular the Main Cranes System.

    LP-6 is one of the main construction packages for the New Safe Confinement, which included the integration of the entire NSC project into an integrated complex with internal systems.

    On July 29, a contract was singed for civil works related to New Safe Confinement facility (NSC). Commissioning Stage 2 (CS-2). Dismantling the unstable structures of the SSE ChNPP Shelter in terms of “early” dismantling. The signatories are the SSE Chornobyl NPP and Ukrbudmontazh who became an awardee as the result of auction held at Prozorro platform.

    In November 2016, New Safe Confinement covered Shelter facility – one of the most powerful symbols of Chornobyl NPP. The surveys and expert evaluations, held within the whole period of Shelter existence, have revealed the structures the probability of whose collapse is very high. Following the stabilization actions taken in 2008 the maximum end-of-service-life deadline of the stabilized structures was specified as late 2023.

    As per Shelter Implementation Plan the dismantling of these unstable building structures (so called early dismantling) is to be commenced following the NSC takeover for operation and to be completed by the end of 2023.

    1. Additional financing for ISF-2 is approved
    2. Low Power Testing of Liquid Radwaste Treatment Plant
    3. Events devoted to handing-over and accepting the New Safe Confinement from JV NOVARKA to Chornobyl NPP last in Ukraine for two days
    4. Conclusions of the Cooling Pond Decommissioning Project

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