On November 3, a progress meeting of ChNPP Generation II structures reinforcement and sealing project was held. The representatives of the power plant management, of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, of contracting organisations involved in this project, of SIP project management unit, of NOVARKA as well as of “KIEV ENERGOPROJECT” institute, who is the project designer, attended this meeting. The meeting was chaired by Igor Gramotkin, ChNPP Director General.

The meeting was devoted to discussion of the possibility to speed up the implementation progress of the ChNPP Generation II structures reinforcement and sealing project as this project has critical interrelationship with NSC construction. It is impossible to slide the Arch to the design position and to commission it until the side walls are erected.

As Victor Khavrus, the Employer Project Manager, informed it seems accomplishable to accelerate the project implementation only if a number of actions are taken by the contracting organisations involved in the activities within the project. At the same time, as the attendees noted, this will entail additional interaction of all the participating parties.

“At that,” said Nicolas Caille, NOVARKA Project Director, and Alexander Slavis, the representative of Chernobyl Shelter Fund and Nuclear Safety Account, “the top priority still must be safety of work performance associated with implementation of NSC construction and ChNPP Generation II structures reinforcement and sealing.”

The attendees discussed the preliminary actions necessary for alterating the deadlines of ChNPP Generation II structures reinforcement and sealing project. It was decided to make a working team headed by Victor Khavrus which will report to the Employer weekly about the completed work.

To conclude the meeting, Director General noted that the acceleration of project completion is achievable and there are all the prerequisites for completion of the project up till November 2016.