European partners will provide €22.6 million to Ukraine to ensure nuclear safety, improve radiation protection and radioactive waste management.
This was reported by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
This is the amount defined in the Contribution Agreement 2024/2025 within the framework of the implementation of the Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument in Ukraine.
What will these funds be spent on
- Ensuring backup power supply for the uninterrupted operation of radioactive waste management facilities, as well as construction of the necessary infrastructure for their proper disposal.
- Creation of a system for early detection of forest fires in the exclusion zone.
- Arrangement of a modern analytical laboratory for the analysis of radioactive materials in Chornobyl. This laboratory will become a part of the Chornobyl Science Hub, which will support Ukrainian and international experts in research activities in the field of nuclear safety.
- Restore the functioning of the automated radiation monitoring system of the exclusion zone, which was damaged by Russia during the occupation of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP).
- Establishment of the national Integrated Automated Radiation Monitoring System for the entire territory of Ukraine and its integration with the European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP), the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange System (ECURIE), and the International Radiation Monitoring Information System (IRMIS) managed by the IAEA.
- Providing the personnel of the Exclusion Zone enterprises with proper modern conditions of transportation and accommodation in the Exclusion Zone, as well as personal protective equipment and decontamination in emergency situations.
- Promoting the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the Euroatom standards as one of the conditions for Ukraine's accession to the EU, etc.
At the end of March, EcoPolitic reported that according to Greenpeace experts, the Arch over the Chornobyl NPP may be leaking harmful radiation due to a Russian drone strike.
We also told you that on April 12, a new solar power plant was opened in Chornobyl, funded by the Spanish government for greenhouse gas emission quotas under the Kyoto Protocol.
