Experts of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management for the implementation of the Radioactive Waste Management Strategy have developed a draft Concept of the National Targeted Environmental Program for RW Management.

The Chornobyl Reserve and the Non-Governmental Organization «Freedom Can Not be Stopped» have signed a Cooperation Agreement. It is planned that one of the main results of the partnership should be the creation of a museum-estate in the village of Otashiv, where many settlements lived densely. The basis of the museum will be household items, tools and equipment that the Poleshuks used in everyday life.

Within the framework of a pilot project on early detection of fires with the use of optical and thermal imaging positioning in the Exclusion zone testing was conducted.

Since the beginning of 2020, SSE «Pivnichna Pushcha» has been carrying out improvement cutting on an area of 122 ha and clearing dangerous trees in the protection zones of power lines on an area of 2.1 ha. According to the management of SSE «Pivnichna Pushcha», the basis for the improvement cutting are approved, in the prescribed manner, forest
management materials for the period 2017-2026, which provide for improvement cutting on an area of 723.7 ha per year.

A pilot project on testing equipment for early detection of fires in large areas with the use of optical and thermal imaging localization technology has been launched. One system has already been installed.

Within the framework of cooperation between the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management and the US Forest Service, three quadropters were transferred to SSE «Pivnichna Pushcha», which will allow timely detection of fires and more effective monitoring of the extinguishing process.

Today, the main forces of the scientific units of the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve are aimed at assessing the consequences of the fires.

«Historical» radioactive waste retrieved from the Tsybuleve site in the Kirovohrad region were transported to the Exclusion Zone at «Buryakivka» radioactive waste disposal point.

Serhiy Kalashnyk, Head of SAUEZM, took part in the International Online Conference «Problems of Decommissioning of Nuclear Energy Facilities and Environmental Restoration» INUDECO 2020. The event is held to consider problems and prospects of cooperation and exchange of experience in decommissioning of nuclear facilities and radioactive waste and spent nucler fuel management.

Today, during a video conference, the executive management of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, SSE «Chornobyl NPP» and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development discussed the implementation of international projects under quarantine.

On April 23, the Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management held a video conference with the participation of Sergii Kalashnyk, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, and Roman Abramovsky, Deputy Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection.

In the opening speech, acting Head of the SAUEZM Kateryna Pavlova noted that Chornobyl experts and the territory are the most valuable and special that is available in the SAUEZM. Almost 6,000 employees and over 2,600 square kilometers of the territory.