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    From August 7 to 11, a Radiation Safety Laboratory was held in Slavutych, a satellite city of Chornobyl. All participants received a certificate of advanced training on the topic “Dosimetry and protection against ionizing radiation”, and the knowledge provided in theory and practice will be used at their workplaces.      The five-day program included lectures and workshops on radiation reconnaissance and radiation protection, and one should not forget about the cultural program – city tours, a visit to the Chornobyl museum and a charity concert.    …

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    On August 9, 2023, the Director of the Institute for Safety Problems of NPP, Academician Anatolii Nosovskyi, met with Fan Xianrong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Ukraine.     During the meeting, Academician Nosovskyi spoke about the history of development, achievements and projects currently being implemented within the framework of the Institute’s scientific and technical cooperation with Chinese partners in the nuclear energy industry. The Director expressed his sincere gratitude to the Embassy of the PRC in Ukraine for providing the Institute…

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    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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    Class II and III laboratories for work with sources of ionizing radiation of the Department for Radiation Monitoring of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the NAS of Ukraine are recognized as meeting the requirements of the Procedure for certification of laboratories for conducting hygienic studies of factors of the production environment and labor process, approved by the Order of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine dated May 29, 2018 No.…

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    On May 30-31, 2023, in Prague (Czech Republic), the intergovernmental organization “Science and Technology Center in Ukraine” in cooperation with the non-profit global security organization “Coalescion” and with the assistance of USAID organized a two-day training course “Research Vetting, Individual Cybersecurity, and Knowledge Security Training”.      The work of the training course was opened by the Senior Deputy Executive Director from Ukraine, Mykola Lubiv.      Director of the Institute for Safety Problems of NPP, Academician of the NAS of Ukraine, Professor Anatolii Nosovskyi made a welcome…

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     On June 17-18, a popular science Inscience Conference 2023 was held in Ukraine, the theme of which this year is Science to Rebuild Ukraine. Science for the reconstruction and victory of Ukraine, in which not only scientists and educators, but also business and society are involved and will be involved.      Olena Pareniuk, a senior researcher of the Institute for Safety Problems of NPP of the NAS of Ukraine, made a report at the conference. The topic of her report was “How to explore space in Chornobyl?”…

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