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Radiation background in the Administrative building area is in average 65 microrentgens per hour, in the Shelter object's Observation pavilion area - 1,08 myllyrentgens per hour.
Controllable parameters of the Shelter object are within the limits established by Operational Regulations. According to monitoring systems data the maximal value of gamma - radiation rate inside the object has made 3403 Rontgens per hour, temperature near to Fuel Containing Materials is +29 degrees on Celsius. Exceeding of control levels of Shelter object condition parameters is not fixed.

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THE STATE SPECIALIZED ENTERPRISE “CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT”

The State Specialized Enterprise “Chernobyl NPP” (SSE ChNPP) is the enterprise on power plants units decommissioning and Shelter Object transformation into environmentally safe system. SSE ChNPP is created on the base of Chernobyl NPP according to the Decree of President of Ukraine ¹ 1084/2000 dated 25 September 2000 and Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ¹ 399 dated 25 April 2001.

Chernobyl NPP is the operating organization (operator) of nuclear installations of this NPP at the stage of their decommissioning and overcoming beyond designed accident consequences and of the facilities for Radioactive Wastes Management and temporary storages according to the legislation of Ukraine.

The main tasks of Chernobyl NPP are the following:
• Ensuring of safety nuclear installations operation, facilities for radioactive wastes management and other equipment of this NPP;
• Safe decommissioning of Chernobyl NPP Units 1, 2, 3 and nuclear power plants of Ukraine;
• Shelter Object transformation into ecological safe system;
• Safety ensuring during management of radioactive wastes accumulated at the site of this NPP and Exclusion zone of Chernobyl NPP and also wastes generating during decommissioning and Shelter Object transformation into ecological safe system;
• Safety ensuring during Chernobyl NPP’s spent nuclear fuel management;
• Construction and operation of infrastructure facilities necessary for Chernobyl NPP decommissioning and Shelter Object transformation into ecological safe system;
• Personnel training and skills improvement;
• Environmental monitoring in zone of Chernobyl NPP location;
• Technologies development, accumulation and use of scientific and technical experience related to decommissioning of nuclear installations, overcoming of beyond designed accident consequences and construction and use of storage facilities for radioactive waste temporary and long term storage;
• Organization, coordination and implementation of scientific-applied researches, introduction of scientific technical and other developments, making contacts with scientific institutions, including foreign ones;
• Participation in the works coordination and implementation within the international projects related to decommissioning of Chernobyl NPP and Shelter Object transformation into environmentally safe system.

(From the Charter of SSE “Chernobyl NPP”)

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IAEA highly appreciated the results of technical assistance project implementation at ChNPP - by Information Department 25/01/2012 - 14:11

In 2011 the implementation of IAEA Technical Cooperation Project UKR 3/003 “Chernobyl NPP Units Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management at the Site Including Shelter Object” was completed. It was started in 2009 with the objective to assist the Government of Ukraine in fulfilling the tasks envisaged by a National Program of Chernobyl NPP Decommissioning, as well as in managing radioactive waste at the Chernobyl site.

The main areas of cooperation within the project were transfer of experience and knowledge in developing ChNPP decommissioning documentation, providing assistance on creation and improvement of RAW management system, including SO radioactive materials, assisting in a cooling pond decommissioning project, and improving enterprise’s management structure. In detail

Declaration on the ecological consequences of the planned activity - by Information Department 31/08/2011 - 09:42

In Chapter “SIP Project” there is a Declaration on the ecological consequences of the planned activity. New Safe Confinement (NSC) Construction Stage 1 (CS-1)

LESSONS LEARNED OF FUKUSHIMA - by Information Department 27/05/2011 - 16:15

23-24 May, 2011 the meeting was held at the Chernobyl NPP, organized by WANO Moscow Center (WANO-MC). It was held within special project “Board of NPP Chief Engineers of WANO-MC”. The problems of Units life extension and power uprating of NPP and also assessment of NPP emergency preparedness considering events at Fukushima NPP were discussed.
On the first day the Director of WANO-MC Mikhail Chudakov informed that 30 April 2011 by WANO-MC Governing Board the special resolution was adopted on ChNPP, which establishes particular status for Chernobyl NPP membership in WANO-MC. Henceforth ChNPP is a member of WANO-MC of the first category (with the vote) without taxes payment.

The Chief Engineers of six Russia NPP, three of Ukraine NPP, two of Czech NPP took part in the meeting and also the Chief Engineers of Paks NPP (Hungary), Kozloduy NPP (Bulgaria), Busher NPP (Iran), Deputy General Director-Director on production and NPP operation Alexander Shutikov, the first Vice-President-Technical Director of NNEGC “Energoatom” Alexander Shavlakov, a top management of WANO-MC took part in the meeting.
Within the program meeting the presentations concerning Units life extension of NPP and power uprating were considered. The special emphasis was concentrated at the problem of condition for NPP emergency preparedness, which are the members of WANO-MC. As it was emphasized by the meeting participants the events at the Japan Fukushima NPP insist to look at these problems and NPP safety culture in a new fashion as a whole.

During the meeting the plan of work and format for Board of NPP Chief Engineers for future were discussed. All the participants supported unanimously the necessity of Board holding, and the specific plan of work will be agreed after the discussion in each country.
24 May the meeting participants visited Chernobyl NPP site and facilities: Liquid Radioactive Treatment Plant, Industrial Complex of Solid RAW Management, Viewing pavilion of Shelter Object, where they were informed on the modern SO state and activities within construction of New Safe Confinement.

Sum up the ChNPP site visit the Chief Engineers of NPP marked that they were afraid to see the site of shutdown NPP. But the active works on the creation of new facilities, Shelter Object transformation, enough young qualified ChNPP personnel, a devotion to the site gives optimism and ChNPP is a worth member of World Association of Nuclear Operators.

For information. WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operators) is founded in May 1989 with the purpose of changing world experience in NPP operation for the achievement by operators the highest level of safety and reliability of NPP. It unites majority of world NPP operators. WANO is not related directly with governments of any country; is not the watch body; does not consult on design problems; is not financing organization and does not belong to the lobbyist circles. As WANO has no other interests except for nuclear safety ensuring, within Association all the NPP operators can communicate at the unique atmosphere of cooperation and openness. The main task of WANO is a help in prevention of violations in the operation of nuclear power plants by providing access to the information on the operation experience which should come to all WANO members.

WANO-Moscow Centre unites NPP and operators of Armenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, Czech Republic, Iran.

WANO carries out the tasks on the base of voluntary change of information on the events occurred at the plants, for the comparison of achieved results, partner audits and change of operation experience. But the stable basic principles are the independence of members, voluntary of their taking part in Association programs, equal partnership, mutual aid and the main is a non-disclosure of transferred information.

The years last proved the effectiveness of idea for formation of Association and confirmed the accuracy of purposes put by it. The implementation of WANO programs, broad change of specialists of NPP allows in the informal situation decide actual tasks on safety level improving of NPP all over the world.

National Report of Ukraine - by Information Department 27/05/2011 - 16:12

On the eve of 25th anniversary of ChNPP accident the document is published, which allows to look at the whole list of ChNPP accident aspects in a new fashion; to establish its consequences; to know in details about the elimination of these consequences at the territory of Ukraine; to obtain information on the state of Shelter Object today which has been built over damaged Unit.
The National Report “Twenty five years of Chernobyl accident. Safety of future” – such a name of this document and it has results of works on elimination of consequences of Chernobyl catastrophe for 25 years and also it has recommendations and summaries concerning of nuclear energy safety for future.
The National Report is based on the analysis and synthesis of materials presented by Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine, Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy Use of Natural Resources and Elimination of Consequences of Chernobyl Disaster, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, National Commission for Radiation Protection of Population of Ukraine.
“The modern society cannot refuse of nuclear energy use. But the memory about Chernobyl catastrophe obliges the people to be in earnest about dangerous technologies. This is a base of safety culture. Without scientific and technological support, a system of training for skilled workers, a multilevel system of making decisions and responsibility it is impossible to use nuclear energy”, — this is the main conclusion have drawn by authors of National Report.

National Report of Ukraine

The Ñommissioner of the European Commission has familiarized with implementation of the international projects - by Information Department 25/05/2011 - 14:18

On April, 19 European Commissioner Andrias Piebalgs has visited Chernobyl NPP. Mr. Piebalgs was accompanied by representatives of European Commission — in particular Bianca Beatrice Bäumler (Germany), Jean-François Moret, Marrielle Rogie, Jean-Paul Joulia (France), Jose Mota (Portugal), Wojtek Talko (Poland), Laura Garagnani (Italy).
The visitors who have arrived with familiarization visit, have visited the Shelter object Observation pavilion, where the of SSE ChNPP General Director Igor Gramotkin has informed them about the progress in the international projects implementation, Industrial Complex for Solid Radwaste Management, Chernobyl and Pripyat towns.
In the Honor Guests Book Mr. Andrias Piebalgs has left the following record: «I wish you all the successes in keeping radioactive danger under the control. We admire your knowledge and dedication and you can count on our further support».