Arseniy Yatsenyuk addresses to the Parliament to pass the Law on an additional funding of the needs of Chernobyl NPP and the exclusion zone

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk made a working trip to the exclusion zone on Thursday, July 9 before a donors meeting of the Chernobyl Shelter Fund.

PM informed that the donors meeting of the Chernobyl Shelter Fund to be held on July 16 in London. "Unfortunately, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine did nothing in the preparation for this conference for a long time," he said.

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Valerii Bosevskyi heads the Governmental delegation at the next conference.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed that before the donors meeting, the Ukrainian Parliament should pass the law on an additional funding of the needs of the Chernobyl NPP and the exclusion zone: "It's about 135 million dollars to provide funding for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in particular the Shelter.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk visited the Chernobyl Shelter and got acquainted with the construction of the New Safe Confinement (NSC), the completion of which is scheduled for IV quarter of 2017 during the visit to the exclusion zone.

The project of the New Safe Confinement was approved in 2004. Temporary objects were put into operation in the first stage, including three concrete plants, new high-voltage line for concrete plants, building of a laboratory, repair shops. In the second phase, the work on the design and construction of the New Safe Confinement are being provided then the Confinement to be tested and commissioned.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk has also inspected the progress of construction of the storage of spent nuclear fuel (SSNF 2) "dry" type.

The project works regarding the construction of SSNF 2 is completed.