On 30 November, a meeting of the round table was held at Chornobyl NPP, which was dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Shelter commissioning.
The round table brought together over 30 scientists, engineers, and constructors, as well as operators of the New Safe Confinement and Shelter complex.
The purpose of the event was to focus attention of the Government of Ukraine and international partners on the need to consolidate efforts and financial resources on development of a follow-up plan of actions to further transform the Shelter into an environmentally safe system. Development and implementation of such a plan is a huge challenge because of uniqueness and extreme complexity of the works planned, both in terms of technical solutions and scope of financial resources needed.
“A lot has been done over these past 35 years [since the completion of Object Shelter — ed.]. However, everything that has been implemented is just a preparation to the most challenging and most important stage of Shelter transformation into an environmentally safe system — Phase 3 of the Transformation Strategy — that is, in particular, the dismantlement of unstable Shelter structures and management of fuel-containing materials”, — said ChNPP’s Acting General Director Valeriy Seyda in his address to the participants.
On 24-25 November, the ChNPP was visited by experts of Belgoprocess (Belgium).
On 16-17 November, Chornobyl NPP received delegation of the Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI). The purpose of the visit was to introduce their technology for monitoring Xenon isotopes and its possible application for safety of Object Shelter and the New Safe Confinement. This technology is widely used for monitoring nuclear safety around the world.
On October 30, a round table devoted to “The Shelter Object – Present Challenges” will take place at Chornobyl NPP.
On 5 November British Ambassador Melinda Simmons and representatives of the Embassy visited the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant as part of an official visit to the Exclusion Zone.