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.
From July 27 to 31, 2026, a technical meeting on the application of IAEA safeguards at the facilities of SSE Chornobyl NPP and the Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) was held in Vienna, Austria. The event was organized by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) and the U.S. Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) within the framework of the International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program (INSEP).
As more and more nuclear facilities around the world enter to the phase of final shutdown and move to the stage of decommissioning, it is important to gain experience in effective and transparent interaction with stakeholders: local communities, regional organizations and society as a whole.
This was stated by the participants of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Meeting on the stakeholders involvement in the process of Nuclear Facilities Decommissioning, which took place from 20 to 24 July 2026 in the IAEA headquarters in Vienna (Austria). Denys Khomenko, SSE ChNPP Deputy Technical Director (for Operation), presented the Chornobyl plant at the event.
A meeting of the Ukrainian Supervisory Board (USB), dedicated to strategic cooperation between Ukraine and the EU within the framework of the European Union Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation on (INSC) was held on July 8, 2026
The key objective of the meeting was to update the priorities for joint work for the coming years and the long-term perspective. Serhii Tarakanov, Director General of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, took part in the event on behalf of the enterprise. The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s position was presented in the context of overcoming current challenges and strategic planning.
On 15–16 June 2026, the international workshop “Restoration of the New Safe Confinement: Technical, Regulatory and Cooperation Perspectives” was held in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event was organized under the Norwegian–Ukrainian Regulatory Cooperation Programme (RCP) between nuclear and radiation safety authorities.
The workshop brought together representatives of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU), the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA), the State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (SSTC NRS), the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as well as international experts and representatives of organizations involved in supporting projects at the Chornobyl NPP site.
On 12 June, facilities within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone were visited by a representative delegation from the European Union and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The visit took place within the framework of the International Chornobyl Cooperation Account (ICCA), which brings together international partners in supporting projects aimed at ensuring nuclear and radiation safety at the site of the State Specialized Enterprise Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Chornobyl NPP).
Nearest Events
| September 26, 1977 – the first power unit of Chornobyl NPP commissioned |