Maksym Protsenko, Head of the Engineering Centre at the Chornobyl NPP, has returned from a large-scale international intensive course on modern approaches and technologies for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. The training was organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in collaboration with the Slovak Government (JAVYS).
The global nuclear industry is constantly evolving, and the number of nuclear facilities entering the decommissioning phase is growing. For the Chornobyl NPP, this process is a reality that requires the use of state-of-the-art technologies and the highest level of expertise among staff.
The second of four stages of the Chornobyl NPP’s decommissioning is currently underway, involving the final closure and decommissioning of the reactor units at Power Units Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station, which is the city’s main employer in Slavutych, is offering the town’s young people the opportunity to find out more about careers related to working at the CHNPP and to see what it is like from the inside. The career guidance events will be held as part of a recently signed Memorandum of Cooperation between the Chornobyl NPP and the Department of Education and Science of the Slavutych City Council.
On 24 August, Independence Day of Ukraine, the sixth Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen took place in Kyiv, organised on the initiative of Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska. Representing the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station at the event was Lyudmyla Kozak, a physical security engineer, who worked at the station for 26 days in February–March 2022 under russian occupation.
The Chornobyl NPP has handed over a new batch of children’s books in English to the Slavutych City Department of Education, which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) donated to Ukrainian children as part of its humanitarian aid programme.