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.
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.
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.
On February 8th, a three week training course started at Chornobyl NPP on “Maintenance of the Wälischmiller arm, the ZDAZ press, and the KAISER compressor”. The course is being provided by experts of the Belgian company ENGIE SOLUTIONS, and is financed from the governmental fund of Belgium.