Ambassador Kurai visited Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant
14/5/2019
On May 14 Ambassador Kurai and spouse visited the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and held a meeting with the Acting Director General of SSE “Chornobyl NPP” Serhii Kalashnyk.
During the meeting, Mr. Kalashnyk explained the current state of the New Safe Confinement over the Unit 4 and the Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2) being built with the support of EBRD and donor countries including Japan. The sides also discussed the joint research project which is currently implemented by Japan and Ukraine in the Chornobyl exclusion zone.
Furthermore, Ambassador Kurai and spouse observed the facilities of the nuclear power plant and also visited the town of Pripyat, which became abandoned after its residents were forced to relocate as result of the explosion accident in 1986.
During the meeting, Mr. Kalashnyk explained the current state of the New Safe Confinement over the Unit 4 and the Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Facility (ISF-2) being built with the support of EBRD and donor countries including Japan. The sides also discussed the joint research project which is currently implemented by Japan and Ukraine in the Chornobyl exclusion zone.
Furthermore, Ambassador Kurai and spouse observed the facilities of the nuclear power plant and also visited the town of Pripyat, which became abandoned after its residents were forced to relocate as result of the explosion accident in 1986.
From left: Mrs. Kurai, Ambassador Kurai, At the pavilion
Acting Director General of SSE “Chornobyl NPP”
Serhii Kalashnyk and Director General
of SSE "Ecocentre" Serhii Kirieiev
Acting Director General of SSE “Chornobyl NPP”
Serhii Kalashnyk and Director General
of SSE "Ecocentre" Serhii Kirieiev
New Safe Confinement over Unit 4 and a cenotaph In Pripyat town (a Ferris wheel in an amusement park,
which was scheduled to be launched
few days after the accident happened)
which was scheduled to be launched
few days after the accident happened)