On 29th of October, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Ukraine, Mr. Etienne de Poncins, and Economic Attaché, Ms. Mathilde Arjakovsky, made an official visit to Chornobyl NPP.
During this visit, Mr. Etienne de Poncins held a meeting with the ChNPP management and visited the New Safe Confinement (NSC) – a facility which was designed and constructed under the leadership of JV NOVARKA, i.e. Consortium of two French engineering giants – Vinci Construction Grand Projects and Bouygues Travaux Publics.
Mr. Ambassador expressed excitement about the hugeness and scale of the NSC, as well as about strength of spirit and professionalism of all those who were involved into its design and construction.
The SSE ChNPP First Deputy Director General, Mr. Valeriy Seyda, thanked the Ambassador of France to Ukraine for many years of efficient support of Ukraine in overcoming the consequences of the Chornobyl accident and the transformation of the Shelter Object into an environmentally safe system. He also expressed his hope for further fruitful cooperation.
The French Republic is one of the contributors to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund, which financed the NSC construction. The current contribution of France is about 115 million Euros.
