Ceremonial opening of the international exhibition was held in the United Nations Office at Vienna within the framework of the 62nd General Conference of IAEA. The exhibition will run until 21st of September. Both the Chornobyl NPP, the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management and Ukraine in general for the first time ever take part in such event with their own stand.
The Chornobyl NPP in this event is represented by Vitalii Medvid, Head of International Cooperation and Information Department, and Ihor Lyshylenko, employee of IT and Computing Systems Department.
About 20 countries have presented their expositions at the exhibition. The Ukrainian stand demonstrates the achievements of Ukraine in the Chornobyl disaster’s consequences elimination, the ChNPP decommissioning and the Shelter Object transformation into an environmentally safe system, as well as the positive potential of the Exclusion Zone.
Within the ChNPP site, there are two facilities which from a category of distinctive structures have evolved into the category of legends and myths. Two most famous buildings, one of which is a symbol of tragedy and the other is a symbol of victory, are Shelter (Sarcophagus) and New Safe Confinement (Arch).
September 3, 2018 Igor Gramotkin relinquished duties of the General Director of the State Specialized Enterprise "Chornobyl NPP".
In the period from 27th to 31st of August, SSE “Chornobyl NPP” is holding the workshop of the International Atomic Energy Agency focused on the end state of NPP decommissioning and material release from regulatory control.
The Chornobyl NPP has received a Certificate of the State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate of Ukraine testifying the compliance of the completed facility “New Safe Confinement (NSC). Commissioning Stage (CS-1). License Package (LP-5). Design “Main Structure and Main Cranes System” with the design documentation and confirming it operational readiness.