Please be informed that a press-tour of representatives of the Ukrainian and foreign mass media to the Chernobyl NPP, which is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, will be organized on April 22, 2016.

During the press-tour, the following will be shown to the mass media representatives:

-construction site of Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2);

-Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant;

-erection area of New Safe Confinement;

-Prypiat;

-Industrial complex “Vector”.

The press briefing will be held upon completion of the press-tour with the participation of Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management Mr. Vitalii Petruk and SSE ChNPP General Director Mr. Igor Gramotkin.

For accreditation the mass media representatives should sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the following data:

-name of mass media;

-full name;

-Passport series and number.

Departure is from Kyiv – 8:00 a.m. from metro station “Minska” (near the McDonald’s). 

Contact person: Pavlo Semykin, Head of Information and External Relations Service of the State Enterprise “Centre of organizational-technical and information support of the Exclusion Zone management” – Tel.: +38 (067) 406 20 78.

The accreditation lasts until 4:00 p.m. of April 21, 2016.

 

On 23rd March 2016 a press tour for the Ukrainian and foreign journalists to the Chernobyl NPP was organized on the initiative of EBRD. The main objective of the visit was familiarization with status of the international projects being implemented at the ChNPP site and coverage of the progress of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) construction project within the framework of preparation for the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.

On 21st March the Chernobyl NPP was visited for information purposes by a delegation led by the Federal Minister for the Environment, Natural Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety of Germany Mrs. Barbara Hendricks.

Nuclear safety issues and efficient implementation of G7 tasks on transformation of the ChNPP facilities into a safe state were discussed within the framework of the joint visit with the participation of Acting Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Mrs. Hanna Vronska, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management Mr. Vitalii Petruk and Chairman of the SNRIU Mr. Serhii Bozhko.

The State Nuclear Regulatory Authority issued to the State Specialized Enterprise Chernobyl NPP an individual permission of Series ED No.000033\10 for operation of the Integrated Automated Monitoring System (IAMS) of the Shelter Object.

The IAMS is designed for automated monitoring of the Shelter conditions and improvement of nuclear, radiation and general occupational safety of this object including emergency preparedness.

On March 11, a meeting of Joint Committee “Ukraine – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)” was held relating to implementation of international assistance projects on preparing Chernobyl NPP for decommissioning and Shelter transformation into environmentally safe system funded from Nuclear Safety Account and Chernobyl Shelter Fund administrated by EBRD on the instructions of donor countries.