Month: July 2023

    On May 15, 2023, the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS) under the sponsorship of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) and the US Department of Energy released the first volume of the book “Voices of Ukraine” in Austria. The Executive Director of the WINS, Lars van Dassen, emphasized that this project is a major contribution to the fight against nuclear terrorism at the diplomatic and informational levels.      This project includes 17 unique stories of Ukrainian experts in the nuclear industry. Each of them reflects…

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    Specialists of the Institute for Safety Problems of NPP of the NAS of Ukraine conducted joint research on the destroyed nuclear infrastructure decommissioning in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, Germany. Oleksandr Proskurin, a leading engineer of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department, participated in the 6-month research, which began in early 2023. The research focused on laboratory experiments as part of the project of fuel-containing materials localization from the lower marks of the Shelter object using advanced technologies and methods of laser…

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    On July 12, 2023, a regular meeting of the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine was held under the chairmanship of the President of the NAS of Ukraine, academician Anatoly Zagorodny. At its beginning, a Memorandum on interaction and cooperation was signed between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM) and Slavutych City Council.      In his speech, Academician Anatoly Zagorodny emphasized that the Institute for Safety Problems of NPP is located in the city of Chornobyl,…

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    On September 28-29, 2023, the V International Conference “Prospects for the Implementation of Innovations in Nuclear Energy” will be held in the Grand Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.      The purpose of the conference is to involve a wide range of specialists and members of the public in a constructive discussion of scientific and technical problems of the functioning and development of nuclear energy in Ukraine, the achievements of nuclear science and the prospects for their implementation into the nuclear industry.  …

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On June 29, 2023, the Second International Conference «Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment: Ukrainian context» was held in Slavutych city.      The Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the NAS of Ukraine was among the coorganizers of the Conference with UE “Regional Development Agency” of Slavutych city council and ALPHA ATOM LLC with partners.      In addition to our Institute and the organizers, the Сonference was attended by representatives of such organizations as: SSE Chornobyl NPP, State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, NTUU “Igor…

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