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    ChNPP is pleased to announce the search for photographs, which were taken within the ChNPP territory, in the town of Prypiat or somewhere within the area of Exclusion Zone in 1986.

    This year we honour the 35th anniversary since one of the greatest disaster in the history of humankind – Chornobyl catastrophe. The ChNPP top management and personnel strive to prevent this important date and its lessons from being forgotten.

    We announce a large-scale event, namely searching for the pictures, which show the places that were inhabited a while ago, but now they are within the Exclusion Zone area. It can be a common photo from the streets of Prypiat town, some occasional pictures of Chornobyl NPP, the evacuation captured in the pictures or any other photo, which can tell us a part of the history of such close, but distant 1986.

    Within the nationwide Programme of events dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the 6th International Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Recovery INUDECO 2021 will take place in Slavutych on 27-29 April 2021.

    The conference will be held pursuant to the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 556/2020 dated 9th December 2020 «On high priority efforts aimed at ensuring environmental safety, and preparation of events dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster», in particular to consider the challenges and opportunities, enhance the efficiency of research and surveys, as well as enhance cooperation and exchange of experience in the area of decommissioning of nuclear facilities, and management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.

    Due to the worldwide situation connected with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 INUDECO conference will be held both in-person and online. Participants are offered to choose the best participation format by themselves and to decide upon which one is safe for their health.

    The annual INUDECO conference has been held in Slavutych (Ukraine) since 2016 as part of events dedicated to the anniversary of the Chornobyl accident. Over this time, more than 500 academics and practitioners from Denmark, Belarus, Germany, Poland, the Russian Federation, Spain, Norway, the United States of America, Ukraine, France, the Czech Republic, and Japan took part in the conference which is held and organized in the youngest Ukrainian city of Slavutych.

    July last year saw the beginning of pilot operation of the New Safe Confinement. Monitoring the state of the NSC buildings and structures is one of the activities provided for during this period. To obtain as much necessary data as possible and a more precise understanding of the situation, the staff of the Shelter Object (NSC) Operation Shop (hereinafter - SO(NSC)OS) carry out 3D-scanning of the main NSC volume.

    The above activities are provided for by the Pilot Operation Programme approved by the regulating authority.

    For safe performance of three-dimensional survey of buildings and structures of the main NSC volume with a laser 3D-scanner, a special programme was developed containing both short-term and long-term objectives. A short-term objective is identifying the feasibility of using the scanner to monitor the geometry of under-crane beams and under-crane walkways of the main crane system, as well as monitoring of buildings and structures of the main NSC volume.

    In the long run, initial scanning will allow making the work plan for dismantling of unstable Shelter structures more specific. Therefore, this will allow for reducing the time of personnel's staying in areas of high radiation impact and thus reducing their radiation exposure.

    From 8 to 12 February, 2021, an online Nuclear Leadership and Safety Culture training workshop was held. It was organized by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (hereinafter – WANO) together with SE “Khelnytskyi NPP” and SE “Rivne NPP”. Chornobyl NPP at this event was represented by Senior Inspector of NPPs Operation – Oleksandr Pichkur, and Section Supervisor of the Decommissioning Shop – Vasyl Yezan. Also the participants included representatives from the South-Ukraine NPP, Zaporizhzhia NPP, and co-organizers.

    The workshop agenda covered the issues of safety culture, leadership, coaching, HR management, staff motivation and incentive, work time management and other relevant topics.

    On February 10th, a meeting regarding further implementation of the project for decontamination of small-diameter pipes took place at Chornobyl NPP site. Participants included ChNPP experts and their partners from Belgian ENGIE Solutions. The project has been implemented within the Cooperation Agreement of 2018 between ChNPP and Technubel, SCK∙CEN, and Tractebel (Belgium). The main project objective is minimization of the RAW resulting from decommissioning activities through finding and developing the decontamination technology for contaminated equipment.

    The meeting was held to discuss results of the project works performed during 2020, and to present and exchange opinions on the pilot decontamination installation for small-diameter pipes designed by the Belgian experts.

    1. Chornobyl NPP hosts training for ICSRM equipment maintenance provided to operators and maintenance staff
    2. WANO Workshop
    3. Happy New Year!
    4. Completion of “hot” tests at ISF-2

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