On 3rd of October the Chornobyl NPP was visited by representatives of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (hereinafter – NRC) led by the NRC’s Commissioner the Honorable Stephen G. Burns. The U.S. colleagues were accompanied by the Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (hereinafter – SNRIU) Hryhorii Plachkov and SNRIU’s staff.
The Commissioner and his attendants visited the Interim Spent Fuel Dry-type Storage Facility (ISF-2) where they were briefed on the technologies for the SNF management and storage, as well as techniques that will ensure the technological process after the ISF-2 commissioning. Also they went to see the New Safe Confinement (NSC) construction site and the space under the NSC’s Arch. The guests were mostly interested in the further actions regarding the existing Shelter Object, in particular, plans of dismantling the Shelter’s unstable structures and bringing it into the state of environmentally safe system. In addition, the guests visited the ChNPP former satellite city Prypiat.
UNDP delegation led by Ms. Osnat Lubrani, UN Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) in Ukraine, visited the Chornobyl NPP with a familiarization visit. The visit took place within the official opening of the Information Center "Chornobyl: the Territory of Change" coordinated by the State Enterprise "Center for Organizational, Technical and Information Support of the Exclusion Zone Management".
Last week, experts from the Belgian company Tecnubel delivered a second in-depth training course in practical use of multifunctional manipulators BROKK-180 at ChNPP industrial site.
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.
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).