From 26 to 28 January, 2021, an online training course/workshop was being held, organized by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (hereinafter — WANO) together with the Zaporizhzhia NPP. Participants included representatives from South-Ukraine NPP, Khmelnytskyi NPP, Rivne NPP, NNEGC “Energoatom”, and Chornobyl NPP. The purpose of the workshop was introducing to the participants the concept of “Operational Decision Making” in nuclear energy, developed by WANO on the basis of guidelines, best practice and recommendations of WANO members.
Chornobyl NPP was represented at the workshop by the Deputy Head of the Shelter (NSC) Operation Shop — Serhii Klepikov, and the Engineer of the Decommissioning Shop — Andrii Tortsev.
The three-day programme of the training was intense and consisted of both theory and practice. The theory included review of the concept of “Operational Decision Making”, and various decision making types and principles. The practical part was intended for working out decision making using specific examples.
The “hot” tests at ISF-2 site were completed on 17 December 2020.
On 14 December, in the presence of the IAEA inspectors, the second double-walled canister filled with spent nuclear fuel was loaded into the concrete storage module (CSM) at ISF-2 site for long term storage. Upon the completion of the transfer and loading process, the IAEA inspectors put their seal to the loaded CSM cell.
14 December - On the Day of Honoring the Participants of the Liquidation of the Consequences of the Chornobyl Disaster – representatives of the central executive bodies visited the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and Chornobyl NPP, including the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Roman Abramovskyi, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko, Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Hryhorii Plachkov, accompanied by the Head of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management Sergii Kalashnyk, ChNPP's Acting Director General Volodymyr Pieskov, and ChNPP management.