On June 25, Chornobyl NPP hosted a delegation of the specialists from Ukrainian Nuclear power plants and Ecocenter enterprise. The objective of the visit was testing the developed by Chornobyl NPP instruments for sampling the ion-exchanging resins. This experience will be necessary for the delegation participants to be used at their enterprises.
About the reasons why exactly ChNPP was chosen as the training location Olerksandr Skomarokhov, Deputy Technical Director for radioactive waste management, said: “Nuclear power plants of Ukraine have encountered the difficulties in the ion-exchanging resin sampling as such experience is new for them. The constraints are imposed by the dimensions of the premises, where the tanks for resin storage are located, and by the fact that the density of the resins increases depending on the depth of their location in the tank.”
The ion-exchanging resins are able to settle over time. Due to this fact the sampling is complicated as closer to the bottom of the tank the resin becomes stiffer. The lower marks are at the level of more than 9 meter deep that’s why in order to take samples at the required depth, when the roofs are low over the tanks, it is necessary to extend the probe rod.
On June 10, a message from the unknown person was received again at Chornobyl NPP e-mail reporting that an explosive item has been put on the area of ChNPP industrial site.
24 applications have been submitted to Chornobyl NPP contest for the best mural design, and 6 more have been submitted after the deadline, therefore they have not participated in the contest.
During the searches carried out shortly after the message was received reporting about the presence of an explosive device on the territory of ChNPP, no items with signs of explosive devices were found.
On 30 May 2019, Chornobyl NPP was visited by Ignalina NPP top management, led by Audrius Kamienas, Director General of the Lithuanian power plant.