On 27 August, the general emergency response drill was conducted themed “Evacuation of staff from ChNPP buildings and facilities to Slavutych town in the event of a threat of seizure of the power plant”.
The purpose of the drill was to practice the actions of ChNPP staff and contractors at the threat of power plant’s seizure.
Based on the training scenario, there was a possibility of capturing the Chornobyl NPP site. Using the adopted instructions, the staff was notified of the threat and instructed on the follow-up actions. After that, the evacuation committee practiced their actions on identifying the number of necessary vehicles, the timeframe for evacuation as well as evacuation routes, and on the evacuation itself.
On August 21, Chornobyl NPP transferred a batch of radioactive waste for disposal. This is the first batch since the ChNPP industrial site was de-occupied.
A meeting of the licensing commission of Ukraine's State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate on 10 August made the decision to resume most of the licenses for Chornobyl NPP in the field of the Radioactive Waste Management.
On August 4, 2022, a delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia visited the Chornobyl NPP.
On 6th of July, the Chornobyl NPP received the formal approval of the permanent change of its affiliation to the WANO Paris Centre. Previously, from the time of the WANO establishment in 1989, ChNPP was affiliated to the Moscow Regional Centre.