On July 18, 2013, the Russian Delegation headed by General Representative of State Corporation “Rosatom” in Eastern Europe Aleksandr Merten has visited Chernobyl NPP.
The Russian Delegation consisted of representatives from the subsidiaries of SC “Rosatom”, i.e. CJSC “Rusatom Service”, headed by Director General Mikhail Kontserev, and Deputy Director of the East-European Board of CJSC “Rusatom Overseas” with main office in Kiev headed by Vitaliy Dragunov.
The Director General of SSE “Chernobyl NPP” Igor Gramotkin provided the Russian Delegation the information about prospects on decommissioning of Chernobyl NPP Units 1, 2 and 3, current state of the Shelter Object and progress on its transformation into ecologically safe system.
During the visit, the representatives of SC “Rosatom” got familiar with work performance managed by CJSC “Atomstroyeksport” (a subsidiary of SC “Rosatom”) during implementation of projects under SIP Programme: “Stabilization of Shelter Object”, “Shelter Safety Improvement”, “Creation of the Shelter Fire Protection System” and “Construction of New Ventilation Stack of ChNPP Stage II”.
“We reached an agreement with the Management of Chernobyl NPP to negotiate an issue of potential participation of the enterprises of State Corporation “Rosatom” in ChNPP decommissioning operations. We have to perform significant and long-term work in this regard”, Aleksandr Merten said following the meeting with ChNPP Management.
The General Representative of SC “Rosatom” emphasized that the competencies the Corporation has enable to speak positively about potential participation of its enterprises in future biddings on projects relating to safety improvement of the Shelter Object.
Mikhail Kontserev, the Director General of “Rusatom Service”, confirmed the interest of his company in developing comprehensive cooperation with SSE “Chernobyl NPP” and other Ukrainian enterprises involved in the activities on ChNPP site.
For his part, the Director General of SSE “Chernobyl NPP” Igor Gramotkin mentioned that ChNPP Administration welcomes the return of “Rosatom” to the plant’s site, as knowledge and experience of the managers and personnel of the Corporation will be undoubtedly of high demand when carrying out new, complicated and interesting projects to be implemented.
“And, of course, we welcome the come-back of Vitaliy Dragunov to our site, under management of whom the CJSC “Atomstroyeksport”, the title company of Consortium “Stabilization”, performed a number of important projects aimed at the Shelter safety improvement. Any activities being performed on our site are complicated as they are carried out under conditions of radioactively contaminated site. Hence, a level of qualification and occupational culture of a contractor performing the works is of fundamental importance. Quality of the previous projects implemented allows us to be sure that we will have new successful cooperation in the future”, Igor Gramotkin summarized.
The Russian Delegation highly appreciated the efforts made by the Chernobyl NPP Management on improving safety and maintaining lifetime of the plant’s facilities. According to Aleksandr Merten, an attitude of the Administration of Chernobyl NPP to the safety of personnel working at the plant and detached staff has made the great impression.
