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    At the beginning of October 2017, a series of lectures for the training course “Tactics of Rescue Operation” were conducted by the researchers from ISP NPP at the Main School of Fire Service of the Republic of Poland (Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej, Warsaw). The head of sector Paskevich S.A.  carried out the training on emergency response in the case of nuclear and radiation accident. The information was provided to the firefighters of the Polish educational institution concerned the peculiarities of organization the measures for the detection and response…

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    From 18 – 20 of October at the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Kharkiv) there was held the XIII International Scientific and Technical Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists “Problems of Modern Nuclear Power Energy”. The organizers of the conference were Ukrainian Nuclear Society, National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology” of the NAS of Ukraine, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. The conference focused on the most urgent problems in the field of nuclear power energy in Ukraine as well as in the world, among which are following: –…

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   In period from 25 to 29 September, 2017 in Lanzhou (China) there was held an international workshop “Second Research Coordination Meeting CRP on Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) – Applications and use of Low-Enriched Uranium” organized by the Lanzhou University (Lanzhou, China), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).    The workshop addressed issues of subcritical systems, application of low enriched uranium fuels for such systems, and modelling of subcritical reactors.    27 participants from 14 countries as well as representatives of the IAEA took part in the scientific meeting. Experts of…

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    In September 2017 the Expert Commission on efficiency assessment of work activity conducted its work at the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine assessing its work activity, achievements and potential within the period from 2012 to 2016. Commission was established on August 14, 2017 due to the protocol No. 3 of the Standing Committee on Scientific Areas for the purpose of assessment efficiency of work activities of institutions of the Section for Physico-technical and Mathematical Sciences of the National…

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   On September 27, Kyiv. The final activities on the annual All-Ukrainian Competition of Essays “Developement of Ukrainian nuclear energy” for the high school students were conducted by the Ukrainian Nuclear Society together with NNEGC “Energoatom”  in order to attract the best representatives of Ukrainian youth to study in core institutions of higher education and further work at the nuclear power plants. Director of the Institute for Safety Problems,  corresponding member of NAS of Ukraine, prof. Anatoly Nosovskiy served in a jury for hearing the final competitioners’ reports, their evaluation…

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   An international seminar organized by the scientists of University of Sheffield was being held from February 27 to March 2 in Sheffield (UK). It was aimed to study issues related to the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and fuel-containing materials (FCM) management of the “Ukryttia” object at the Chornobyl site. In addition to representatives from ISP NPP there are about 20 researchers from Britain, representatives of universities and research organizations of Sheffield, London, Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow took part in a seminar.

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   On 12-14 September 2017 there was held a workshop with IAEA experts’ participation within the framework of measures on decommissioning of the 1-3 Units of the Chornobyl NPP. The main task of the IAEA mission consisted in discussion issues of scientific supports concerning the decommissioning of nuclear power generating plants. IAEA experts shared European experience on decommissioning of nuclear power units and spent fuel and radioactive waste management at the workshop that was held in Slavutych and ChNPP.    The workshop activity with foreign and Ukrainian participants, including scientists…

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    Recently the Ukrainian publishing house «SKY HORSE» presented a book into the world consideration «Chernobyl Zone through the eyes of stalker», one of the authors of which is an scientist from the ISP NPP Sergiy Paskevich. Book is well illustrated with pictures which are exactly 100 in publication and contains descriptions of the places of interest of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. It is a peculiar guide to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone makes the reader aquainted not only with objects related to ChNPP and works on the elimination of the 1986…

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   Functioning of the ISP NPP of NAS of Ukraine is under the constant control of the Department for Nuclear Safety and Security of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).    From 6 to 7 September, 2017 by inspectors of Vienna International Center (IAEA) Diego Manzipe Jimenez and Syn Chong Sin there were conducted inspection surveys of the territories of Institute, areas of laboratories and office premises in Kyiv and Chornobyl in order to verify the absence of undeclared nuclear material and those institution activity mismatching to statutory tasks. From…

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    On 15–16 August, 2017 representatives of the Chinese company Qingdao Xianchu Energy Development Co., Ltd had accomplished a working visit to the Exclusion Zone. Within the framework of the concluded cooperation agreements with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the ISP NPP in order to intensify active cooperation in the field of nuclear facilities decommissioning and safe nuclear technology it was held a meeting between Chinese specialists and Director of ISP NPP of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – Anatoly Volodymyrovych Nosovskiy also the…

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