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An extension has been agreed for the dismantling of the parts of the original shelter facility most at risk of collapse. The structure was built in 206 days following the 1986 accident at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 09 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chernobyl-s-original-shelter-gets-six-year-extensi
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) to formalise efforts to cooperate and exchange information on nuclear regulatory matters. The agreement, signed in Kyiv by CNSC President Rumina Velshi and SNRIU Acting Chairman & Chief Inspector on Nuclear & Radiation Safety Oleh Korikov, “serves as a framework to enhance collaboration and exchange of information to strengthen nuclear safety”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 26 August 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-and-ukrainian-regulators-agree-to-co-operate-11096461
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) om cooperation and the exchange of information in nuclear regulatory matters has been signed between the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 22 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian,-Ukrainian-regulators-agree-to-cooperate
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said the agency will do all it can to ensure nuclear safety, as it publishes a report covering the events of the past year.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 25 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-s-Grossi-to-continue-Zaporizhzhia-safety-zone
The international community is to provide up to EUR1.1 million (USD1.1 million) for the procurement of essential fire safety equipment at the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine. The Russian military occupation of the area led to the destruction or looting of specialised firefighting and forestry equipment.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Funding-to-bolster-fire-safety-at-Chernobyl
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are to be deployed to the Khmelnitsky, Rivne, South Ukraine and Chernobyl nuclear power plant sites in addition to those already at Zaporizhzhia, where efforts to bring in a protection zone continue.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-inspectors-to-be-based-in-more-Ukrainian-site
The international project to control the numbers and health of stray dogs at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site has seen vets spay/neuter and vaccinate 130 dogs in a week-long campaign.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Vets-and-volunteers-help-stray-dogs-of-Chernobyl
Radioactive waste processing and disposal activities have resumed for the first time at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine since the Russian military occupation of the area earlier this year. The first batch of waste from the plant for disposal was transferred on 21 August.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chernobyl-waste-processing-operations-resume
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) decision resumes most of the plant's radioactive waste management licences, which were suspended in May following the Russian military occupation of the area.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukrainian-regulator-restores-Chernobyl-licences
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says its staff's presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is needed to help stabilise the nuclear safety and security situation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 09 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Increased-urgency-for-IAEA-mission-to-Zaporizhzhia