On May 21, 2021, with witness of Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management Serhii Kostiuk, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine handed over a Licence ОВ 001092 to the State Specialized Enterprise Chornobyl NPP to carry out the activity on radioactive waste (RAW) processing, storage in terms of liquid RAW processing, namely operation of the Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant (LRTP).

Owing to this step, Chornobyl NPP can in full process and store the liquid radioactive waste generated at ChNPP during the operation of Power Units and at the decommissioning stage.

During the awarding of the license, Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Hryhorii Plachkov highlighted the importance of actions carried out within the ChNPP decommissioning and safe storage of spent nuclear fuel and RAW, and wished the enterprise top management and the Agency the continued success and safe work.

FYI: By now, the SSE ChNPP has operated the LRTP on basis of an individual permit within the ChNPP decommissioning license. Having implemented the alterations to the nuclear legislation, ChNPP licensed the activity of LRTP operation as an independent RAW management facility.

Джерело: State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine