During the online meeting of the Assembly, representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Ukrainian delegation informed the donors of the Nuclear Safety Account about the state of international projects at the Chornobyl industrial site, namely: Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage (dry-type) and Plant for the Processing of Liquid Radioactive Waste.

At the meeting of the Joint Committee «Ukraine – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development», which took place in the format of an online conference at the Government House with the participation of Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishina, Vice President for Policy and Partnership of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Pierre Heilbronn, First Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine Bohdan Borukhovskiy, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management Serhii Kalashnyk, Volodymyr Peskov, Acting Director General of the Chornobyl NPP, and representatives of the executive authorities, discussed the financing of the Chornobyl NPP this year, as well as budget financing planning for 2021 and further cooperation with international partners.

On November 18, as part of the «hot» tests at the spent nuclear fuel storage facility «dry» type ISF-2, work was carried out to place the first case loaded with spent nuclear fuel in a concrete module for long-term storage for 100 years.

Deputy Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management Maksym Shevchuk and Head of the National Commission for Radiation Protection of Ukraine Oleksandr Kopylenko discussed cooperation in developing scientific potential in the Exclusion Zone.

On October 29, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Ukraine Mr. Etienne de Poncins and the Economic Attaché Ms. Matilda Arzhakovsky made an official visit to the Chornobyl NPP.

The research team of the University of Bristol together with the specialists of the State Specialized Enterprise «Central Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management» (SSE «CERWM») in the Exclusion Zone for the first time tested the autonomous robot Boston Dynamics «SPOT».

The State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management and the State Specialized Enterprise «Central Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management» have started the process of transferring the main roads to the balance of the Road Service in Kyiv region.

According to the current order of visiting, visits to the Exclusion Zone are possible for citizens who have reached 18 years of age. This requirement is justified by the provisions of the Civil Code of Ukraine, as being in the Exclusion Zone causes obligations related to the rules of radiation safety and responsibility for their implementation.

Serhii Kalashnyk, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, and Won-Seok Park, President of the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), signed a Memorandum on technical cooperation in research and development on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

On September 10, as part of «hot» tests the first batch of 9 spent fuel assemblages was transported to the Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility of the «dry» type ISF‑2 which was loaded the day before from the «wet» type ISF-1 Storage Facility for Spent Fuel.

The State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, SE «COTIS», SSE «Ecocenter» and the Association of Chornobyl Tour Operators have jointly developed a unique route using the Ukrainian all-terrain vehicle SHERP.

The State Nuclear Regulation Inspectorate of Ukraine has issued a separate permit to SSE «Chornobyl NPP» for the commissioning of a nuclear installation of the Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility – «dry» type (ISF-2). Obtaining a permit will allow to start "hot" tests with real spent fuel, which will be transported from the "wet" type storage (ISF-1) to the new «dry» type storage (ISF-2).