The SSE ChNPP is pleased to invite all interested people to participate in the photo contest devoted to the 35th anniversary commemoration of the disaster.

The aim of this contest is to mainstream the topic of the accident anniversary at Chornobyl NPP.

Categories of the Contest are as follow:
1. «Action place is ChNPP» (pictures from the industrial site or work places)
2. «The favourite town» (pictures from Prypiat and/or Slavutych
3. «In search of beauty» (pictures of Exclusion Zone landscapes).

The applications are received – from March 22 till April 2, 2021.

Contest stages:
- 22.03-02.04.2021 — Receipt of applications.
- 03.04-13.04.2021 (23:59) — Voting for photographs on the official Facebook page of ChNPP.
- 03.04-13.04.2021 — Judging and voting by the jury for the best photograph in every category.
- 14.04 — Summarizing the Contest results.
- 15.04 — Announcing the Contest winners.

The number of photographs from one participant is limited – only one picture for every category.

For participation in the Contest, you should submit the filled application form and the photographs for contest to e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Application form is in Annex 1

Rules of photo contest

ChNPP is pleased to announce the search for photographs, which were taken within the ChNPP territory, in the town of Prypiat or somewhere within the area of Exclusion Zone in 1986.

This year we honour the 35th anniversary since one of the greatest disaster in the history of humankind – Chornobyl catastrophe. The ChNPP top management and personnel strive to prevent this important date and its lessons from being forgotten.

We announce a large-scale event, namely searching for the pictures, which show the places that were inhabited a while ago, but now they are within the Exclusion Zone area. It can be a common photo from the streets of Prypiat town, some occasional pictures of Chornobyl NPP, the evacuation captured in the pictures or any other photo, which can tell us a part of the history of such close, but distant 1986.

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Within the nationwide Programme of events dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the 6th International Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Recovery INUDECO 2021 will take place in Slavutych on 27-29 April 2021.

The conference will be held pursuant to the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 556/2020 dated 9th December 2020 «On high priority efforts aimed at ensuring environmental safety, and preparation of events dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster», in particular to consider the challenges and opportunities, enhance the efficiency of research and surveys, as well as enhance cooperation and exchange of experience in the area of decommissioning of nuclear facilities, and management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.

Due to the worldwide situation connected with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 INUDECO conference will be held both in-person and online. Participants are offered to choose the best participation format by themselves and to decide upon which one is safe for their health.

The annual INUDECO conference has been held in Slavutych (Ukraine) since 2016 as part of events dedicated to the anniversary of the Chornobyl accident. Over this time, more than 500 academics and practitioners from Denmark, Belarus, Germany, Poland, the Russian Federation, Spain, Norway, the United States of America, Ukraine, France, the Czech Republic, and Japan took part in the conference which is held and organized in the youngest Ukrainian city of Slavutych.

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July last year saw the beginning of pilot operation of the New Safe Confinement. Monitoring the state of the NSC buildings and structures is one of the activities provided for during this period. To obtain as much necessary data as possible and a more precise understanding of the situation, the staff of the Shelter Object (NSC) Operation Shop (hereinafter - SO(NSC)OS) carry out 3D-scanning of the main NSC volume.

The above activities are provided for by the Pilot Operation Programme approved by the regulating authority.

For safe performance of three-dimensional survey of buildings and structures of the main NSC volume with a laser 3D-scanner, a special programme was developed containing both short-term and long-term objectives. A short-term objective is identifying the feasibility of using the scanner to monitor the geometry of under-crane beams and under-crane walkways of the main crane system, as well as monitoring of buildings and structures of the main NSC volume.

In the long run, initial scanning will allow making the work plan for dismantling of unstable Shelter structures more specific. Therefore, this will allow for reducing the time of personnel's staying in areas of high radiation impact and thus reducing their radiation exposure.

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