International Scientific-Practical Conference with a focus on discussion of the most relevant issues of the Shelter Object transformation into an environmentally safe system started at the Chornobyl NPP on the threshold of 32nd anniversary of the Shelter construction completion.
Dismantling of the Shelter Object’s unstable structures will commence after the NSC commissioning that is expected next year. These works are planned to be finished by 2023. Such circumstances require now proceeding with the detailed elaboration of long-term measures on the Shelter Object transformation into the environmentally safe system. This is actually the main task of the Conference.
The Conference was opened by Valeriy Seyda, Acting General Director of SSE ChNPP, and Oleh Nasvit, First Deputy Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM).
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Representatives of the Chornobyl NPP, SAUEZM, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU), Ukrainian and international public, scientific and research organizations and institutes take part in the Conference.
Within the meeting at the ChNPP, conceptual solutions for the dismantling of unstable structures of the Shelter Object were considered, efficiency of radiation protection in the NSC near zone was analyzed, research materials for lava-like fuel-containing masses and other special-purpose reports were presented.
The participants also visited the Chornobyl NPP’s facilities located within the industrial site of the Plant, and received detailed information about their operation.
The Conference will continue in Kyiv on 28 November.
