On the eve of the Chornobyl nuclear accident anniversary, the OSCE will present the two-year project results on the natural disasters management in the Belarusian and Ukrainian forests.

During the week from 15 to 19 April 2019, ChNPP technical specialists together with WANO experts will review international best practices in the long-term dry storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and identify possible risks as well as ways to manage them regarding ChNPP site.

The SAUEZM, the Narodychi Regional State Administration and Narodychi Territorial Community leadership signed a Memorandum of Cooperation and Interaction in the field of the territories part returning, affected by the contamination after the Chornobyl accident, to commercial use. The ground for signing that Memorandum was the Narodychi community appeal to SAUEZM requesting to reconsider the status of the district lands, that were currently classified as the obligatory (unconditional) resettlement.

Today, as part of the reorganization of the State Corporation «Ukrainian State Association «Radon», the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the decision to reorganize this association.

During the IAEA Technical Co-ordination Project Planning Meeting UKR / 9/038 «Assisting in the Chornobyl NPP Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management», SAUEZM and International Agency experts approved the objectives, work plan and list of joint activities for 2019.

In order to inspect the territory suitable for placing solar panels Ambassador of Spain to Ukraine, representatives of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Heads of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, as well as other profile Ministries and Enterprises that belong to the area of SAUEZM management, have visited the Exclusion zone.

During a TF regular meeting on the elaboration of the draft Concept of the «National Environmental Program of Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning and transformation of the «Shelter» оbject into an environmentally safe system»the experts of SAUEZM, SSE «ChNPP», SNRCU, SSTC NRS and ISP NPP provided their proposals and coSAUEZM and profile institutions have completed the development of a Concept for a new program of the ChNPP decommissioning for 2021-2031 years

During the TF meeting on the INSC project on determination of the forms for safe processing, storage and disposal of radioactive waste (RW), Ukrainian and international experts discussed preliminary progress and priorities for the next phase of the project. In particular, the Ukrainian side presented information on the liquid radioactive waste flows, disposal of which is currently problematic, available and planned infrastructure for their management, as well as Ukrainian legislation in this area.

During a regular meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council (STC) of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion zone management, which was held under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Chairman Oleg Nashvit. Secretary of the Council, head of the department on state policy in the field of radioactive waste management on Chornobyl NPP Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management Oleksandr Kravchenko informed the members of the council about the state of accomplished works, which were determined by the thematic plan for 2018.

Within the framework of the Ukrainian-Japanese SATREPS project, experts of SE «Ecocenter» have received international technical assistance in the form of 3 sets of automatic water samples meter. These devices will be used for the first time during joint works on this project for sampling of surface, groundwater of the Exclusion zone and wastewater at radiation-hazardous facilities. After that the equipment will be transferred to the permanent use of the SE «Ecocenter».

At the meeting on nuclear energy development and improved security against the use of nuclear energy chaired by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko the Head of State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM) Vitalii Petruk reported on status of radioactive waste (RW) management infrastructure development in Ukraine. Also, the Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Grigoriy Plachkov, the President of SE «NNEGC «Energoatom» Yuriy Nedashkovsky, the First Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety Oleksandr Dombrovsky, the Director General of the Zaporizhzhya NPP Oleksandr Ostapovets and others contributed at the meeting.

The Agency's activities in 2018 were focused on meeting the main priorities that were approved by the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine. In particular, much attention was paid to the decommissioning of the ChNPP and transformation of the «Shelter» object into an environmentally safe system, improvement of the radioactive waste management mechanism, as well as the establishment of a special industrial use zone and creation of conditions for placement of alternative energy facilities in the Exclusion zone.