The meeting came as the International Atomic Energy Agency continues efforts to get its inspectors access to the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant. In other developments, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has suspended some licences at Chernobyl, as a result of the recent occupation.
Nuclear Power in Ukraine, Ukrainian nuclear energy. Ukraine is heavily dependent on nuclear energy - it has 15 reactors generating about half of its electricity. Reactors at Khmelnitski-1 Khmelnitski-2 Rovno-1 Rovno-2 Rovno-3 Rovno-4 South Ukraine-1 South Ukraine-2 South Ukraine-3, Zaporozhe-1, Zaporozhe-2, Zaporozhe-3, Zaporozhe-4, Zaporozhe-5, Zaporozhe-6.
Ukraine's nuclear regulator has issued a permit to SSE Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant for the retrieval of undamaged used nuclear fuel from the ISF-1 interim used fuel wet storage facility. The fuel will be moved into the new ISF-2 dry storage facility. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine has also issued a licence for the operation of the Liquid Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant at the Chernobyl site.
First assembly meeting of International Chernobyl Co-Operation Account
New fund to develop comprehensive plan for next steps in decommissioning process
EBRD and IAEA heads agree to continue institutions’ cooperation The international community stands united to support Ukraine in the next steps towards transforming the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. On the occasion of the first assembly meeting of the new International Chernobyl Co-Operation Account (ICCA), the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, agreed the following: Having reviewed the support that each organisation has provided Ukraine in the past 35 years, and the progress achieved so far, they confirm their continuous support to Ukraine in the coming phase of decommissioning of Chernobyl.