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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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About termination of ISF-2 contract - by Information Department 08/05/2007 - 16:23

Joint AREVA NP and ChNPP note about termination of ISF-2 contract

In 1999 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) signed a contract with a consortium led by Framatome (toe ay AREVA NP) for the construction of an Interim Storage Facility for the more than 20.000 spent fuel assemblies accumulated during the operation of Chernobyl's units 1 to 3. The project is funded from the EBRD managed Nuclear Safety Account.

The contract scope included a processing facility, able to cut the RBMK fuel assemblies and to put it in canisters, as well as concrete storage modules in which the fuel containers would be enclosed for up to 100 years. This facility would be the first of its kind for RBMK fuel assemblies.

In 2003 the contractor in cooperation with Chernobyl NPP and its Project Management Unit identified technical inadequacy of the design of the facility. AREVA made a number of proposals on how to remedy the problems. However no agreement could be reached! with the client and donors to the Fund were also reluctant to follow the proposed way forward.

On 23 April 2007 the termination of the contract becomes effective. The termination was reached as part of an amicable settlement with financial and transitional provisions acceptable to both contract parties and the donor community. Parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality about the terms of the settlement.

The facility is now likely to be completed by a company already involved in the technical discussions on a solution which took place over the last two years. It appears that the structures already built are of a high quality and can be utilized with the technology currently considered for the completion of the facility.

Chernobyl NPP saves budgetary funds - by Information Department 16/11/2006 - 14:56

Works on integration of Units technical water supply systems of the first and the second Chernobyl NPP generations are started. Deputy Technical Director for radioactive waste management Andrey Savin informed about that. The project, according to which the given integration is carried out, has passed expertise and is performed under subcontract conditions by construction and installation enterprise "Uzhteploenergomontazh".

Integrations of technical water supply systems will allow to achieve already since the beginning of 2007 material economy of the electric power. The economy will be achieved due to decommissioning of one of two hardware pumps being in operation now on the first and second generation and are substantial electric power consumers. As a result of the upgrading the possibility to operate the hardware pump only on second generation will appear. It also will provide economy of budgetary funds.

- After all works completion necessary tests of new technical water supply system will be carried out, and it will start to function. It will be a new real step forward during Chernobyl NPP decommissioning, - A.Savin has emphasized.

For information. The first generation of Chernobyl NPP includes Units 1 and 2. The second - Unit 3.

Spent Nuclear Fuel unloading is recommenced at Chernobyl NPP - by Information Department 16/11/2006 - 12:12

The unloading of the Spent Nuclear Fuel unloading from Unit 1 reactor is recommenced. Mr Andrey Savin Deputy Technical Director for radioactive waste management informs about that.

«Serious pace of works is taken, - A.Savin has emphasized. - We shall unload and transport in the available spent fuel storage facility one transport container per day. 9 fuel assemblies can be installed in it. Besides, 12 unloadings of nuclear fuel from the reactor are carried out during week-days. During days- off when time for the equipment maintenance is not spent, 16 assemblies are unloaded from a reactor. These plans are successfully carried out. On results of last week 9 transport containers have been loaded, that is 95 assemblies at planned target 92 were unloaded from the reactor»

Speeding-up of unloading process, Andrey Savin has noted, cannot be performed to the prejudice of safety. Plant’s Chief Engineer Mr Andrey Bilyk paid the special attention to this issue at the meeting with the personnel, performing unloading.

At taken pace of works by the end of November - to the beginning of December, 2006 reactor installation of the first Unit will be completely exempted from FA. Fuel will remain only in cooling pools. That will allow to reduce financial expenses for Unit 1 equipment maintenance which currently is maintained in working condition.

Civil defense - by Information Department 16/11/2006 - 12:10

Press service of Emergencies Ministry and State Department – Exclusion Zone Administration informs

Special complex training on civil defense in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Scheduled special complex training on the subject “Actions of management bodies special (specialized) civil defense formations on radiation prospecting and radio ecological monitoring organization in case of man-caused accident occurrence at Chernobyl NPP was held this year in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Radiation prospecting performance, partial evacuation and employers accommodation in protective buildings, radio ecological monitoring, decontamination of technics and staff sanitary treatment were perfected at four sites.

Idea of special complex training on civil defense in Exclusion Zone stipulates hazard assessment, events development forecast, managing decision acceptance and urgent measures implementation, taking into account heightened seismicity in Exclusion Zone, characterizing by periodic shocks, sudden worsening of weather conditions, resulted in significant material losses at industrial facilities, electrical and telephone networks damages, Shelter object roof collapse, entailed radioactive dust cloud raising and exposure dose increasing at ChNPP industrial site.

Photo-report about special training on civil defense at ChNPP held November 8 you can see here see in photo-report, category "Civil Defence".

For information - by Information Department 16/11/2006 - 12:09

November 7, 2006 circuit Session of Verkhovna Rada Committee on an ecological policy, nature management and Chernobyl accident consequences liquidation issues led by People's Deputy Valery Kalchenko was held at Chernobyl NPP. State Nuclear Regulation Committee Chairman Mrs Elena Mikolaychuk, Deputy Minister of Emergencies Ministry Mr Vladimir Holosha, Head of the State Department – Exclusion Zone Administrations (EZA) and unconditional resettlement zone of the of Emergencies Ministry Mr Sergey Parashin and other officials taken part in the work.

During the working visit visitors have visited a "Vector" complex, a site of the unfinished fuel waste storage facility (ISF-2), observation pavilion of the "Shelter" object, a construction site of liquid radioactive waste treatment plant (LRTP) where they obtained the information on facilities and implemented activities status.

Based on visit results the working meeting with participation of top managers of SSE "Chernobyl NPP», Exclusion Zone Administration, local government of Slavutich town was held at Chernobyl NPP. With reports the SSE ChNPP General Director Mr Igor Gramotkin, the Deputy Minister of Emergencies Ministry Vladimir Holosha, the Head of State Department EZA Mr Sergey Parashin, Slavutich town Mayor Mr Vladimir Udovichenko and Head of Ivankov Regional Administration Mr Ivan Kerimov presented their reports. Lecturers have paid attention of parliament members to a number of problems and issues somehow or other connected to ChNPP accident consequences liquidation of and its decommissioning, Exclusion Zone remediation, non-distribution of radioactive materials outside of a 30-kilometer zone, social protection of Slavutich town inhabitants and so-called "self-evacuee" living to the date in a zone

SSE ChNPP activity in the field of the plant decommissioning, in particular spent fuel unloading from nuclear installations reactor cores 1 and 3, preparations of infrastructure facilities necessary for decommissioning process, Shelter Implementation Plan performance has been analyzed. It has been noted, that the personnel, despite of the certain objective difficulties, ensures nuclear facilities safety, maintains Units and "Shelter" according to the approved Regulations.

At meeting it was noted, that issues of legislative base completion extending the Customer rights at the site, i.e. ChNPP, and some other legislative acts regulating activity in the field of Exclusion Zone remediation, vital functions of Slavutich and the regions, suffered as a result to accident in 1986 till now remain among problematic.

In session conclusion Mr Kalchenko addressed to parliamentary committee members with the request to submit within 7-10 days the proposals on considered questions during Exclusion Zone and ChNPP visiting.