Representatives of the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) visited Chornobyl NPP

 

Representatives of the Working Group for Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning of the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) visited the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant industrial site for information purposes. The group consisted of specialists from Belgium, Spain, Germany, France, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Great Britain, Poland and Ukraine.

Constantine Schefer, Deputy General Director for Institutional Supervision and Licensing, provided guests with information about the current activity at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. During the visit, the group visited the construction site of the Dry type Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility, Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant and Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management, where they became acquainted with the technologies which will be used at ChNPP in the RAW management field.

They also visited the NSC's observation pavilion and saw the first hand the project progress as well as former ChNPP satellite city Pripyat.