On April 27, the Chornobyl NPP was visited by the IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
Mr. Grossi was accompanied by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Roman Abramovskyi, Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Hryhorii Plachkov, and managers of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management.
Having speech at the foot of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) Mr Grossi stated: “Behind us is a piece of history; history of Ukraine and, of course, to a big extent, of all humanity. But also it is a sign of how a big challenge, like this [the accident at ChNPP and its consequences – ed.], can be tackled and can be dealt in an appropriate way.”
On April 26, a ceremony of Chornobyl Atlantes monument unveiling took place near Chornobyl NPP Administrative Building. The power plant personnel were involved directly in the construction of the statuary and also financed the process. The central figure of this monument is the figure of the Hero of Ukraine Oleksandr Lelechenko who was the deputy chief of Electric Shop and who laid down his life to prevent a hydrogen explosion and the spread of accident to other ChNPP power units.
22th April 2021 – positive decision was made by the board of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine on granting the SSE Chornobyl NPP an operating license for the nuclear facility, thus authorizing the load of spent nuclear fuel into the dry storage systems.
On April 15, as part of a press tour to the Exclusion Zone, representatives of the Ukrainian mass media visited the New Safe Confinement, as well as Prypiat and Chornobyl cities.
On April 2, the training course on maintenance and repair of the equipment used at the Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management (ICSRM) comes to a close. This facility is designed for acceptance, processing and/or disposal of solid radioactive waste produced during ChNPP operation and decommissioning.