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    On April 26, a ceremony of Chornobyl Atlantes monument unveiling took place near Chornobyl NPP Administrative Building. The power plant personnel were involved directly in the construction of the statuary and also financed the process. The central figure of this monument is the figure of the Hero of Ukraine Oleksandr Lelechenko who was the deputy chief of Electric Shop and who laid down his life to prevent a hydrogen explosion and the spread of accident to other ChNPP power units.

    Acting ChNPP Director General Valeriy Seyda, First Deputy Head of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management Andrii Pliatsko, Deputy Technical Director (for safety) Oleksandr Novikov, who was this project idea man, initiator and promoter, participated in the ceremonial event.

    22th April 2021 – positive decision was made by the board of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine on granting the SSE Chornobyl NPP an operating license for the nuclear facility, thus authorizing the load of spent nuclear fuel into the dry storage systems.

    This became possible following successful «cold» and «hot» testing carried out at the facility, elimination of faults noted in the comments during the tests, and approval of the Final Safety Analysis Report which involved large amount of works performed by the ChNPP staff aimed at ensuring safety of the new SNF storage facility.

    On April 15, as part of a press tour to the Exclusion Zone, representatives of the Ukrainian mass media visited the New Safe Confinement, as well as Prypiat and Chornobyl cities.

    During the visit to the New Safe Confinement, the First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Bohdan Borukhovskyi, as well as SAUEZM and ChNPP managers addressed to the journalists.

    «Life in Ukraine was divided into «before» and «after» the 26th of April 1986. We can say with confidence it affected every Ukrainian family in one or another way. No doubt, the state, as well as all the Ukrainians, will commemorate the deeds of those people who helped to eliminate the consequences [of the Chornobyl accident - ed.], who fought the disaster in the first days, and who fought over the subsequent years. Indeed, the employees who work here today are still overcoming the consequences of what occurred 35 years ago», — Mr. Borukhovskyi said at a briefing.

    In addition, Bohdan Borukhovskyi described the Ministry's vision in the field of the Exclusion Zone development and plans to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the tragedy.

    On April 2, the training course on maintenance and repair of the equipment used at the Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management (ICSRM) comes to a close. This facility is designed for acceptance, processing and/or disposal of solid radioactive waste produced during ChNPP operation and decommissioning.

    The training is being provided by experts of Belgian ENGIE SOLUTIONS, and financed through the governmental fund of Belgium.

    This training completes a major annual programme, which was planned to be fulfilled in 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was extended for almost a year until the end of March 2021.

    The cooperation programme comprised three training courses: the first one was about the hydraulic press, the second one – about pneumatic compressor, and the third one — about Wälischmiller arm.

    Valeriy Seyda was appointed Acting General Director of SSE ChNPP, pursuant to Order of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management No. 36-ос dated 29.03.2021 “On Assignment of the Acting General Director of the State Specialized Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP”.

    1. Cooperation between ChNPP and ENGIE Solutions is in progress
    2. Command Team Exercises Took Place at Chornobyl NPP Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (ISF-2) Site
    3. Photo Contest «My Chornobyl»
    4. Search of photos from 1986

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