The State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” allocates USD 100,000 for church construction in Slavutich. Mr. Andrey Kiriyan, Manager of Public Organization “Chernobyl Union of Russia”, informed about this on October 15 during the visit to Slavutich and Chernobyl NPP site.

In May this year, the Administration of Chernobyl NPP made a request for rendering assistance in church construction in the town. Having considered request and made positive decision, “Rosatom” Management applied to All-Russian Union of Public Organizations “Chernobyl Union of Russia” with a proposal to assume a function to transfer the funds for construction and performance of public control for it.

There is a long-standing and close cooperation between these two organizations, and such project is not the first in the relationship practice of the public organization and the state corporation. Thus, upon request of “Chernobyl Union”, “Rosatom” allocated funds at the time for memorial reconstruction at Mitino Cemetery in Moscow. The public organization consisting of 89 regional divisions assumed a control for expenditure of allocated funds ensuring for its part a proper use of funds received.

The funds which “Rosatom” allocated for Slavutich were initially intended to use for procuring metal and manufacturing structures of the church’s cupolas. However, the church already has the cupolas to date. They were procured for the funds, more than UAH 500,000, collected by the employees of Chernobyl NPP. Hence, the money which Russian part leaves will be used for performance of other works, e.g. arrangement of roof or church building perimeter.