IAEA: Ukraine provides reliable protection for nuclear facilities
Ukraine is in a difficult political situation reliably ensures the safety of their nuclear power facilities, said Deputy Director General Alexander Bychkov, IAEA.
Speaking on the first day of the week during the teleconference on the issues of nuclear security, Bychkov said that the IAEA periodically sent to Ukraine its mission safety analysis of nuclear facilities.
" we, As the Agency, any claims to Ukraine from the viewpoint of the safety of its nuclear power no, " said Steers.
Qualification and system management and monitoring of nuclear power in Ukraine is one of the best in the world ", - said Deputy head of the IAEA.
first Deputy head of the state nuclear regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Olga Makarov reported that due to recent events, all operating nuclear power plants of Ukraine are in the mode of increased physical protection. However, because of the location of the Zaporizhzhya NPP at walking distance from the Donetsk region it was decided to strengthen air defence and protection against tank breakthroughs.
Ukraine also said that it wants to diversify the supply of nuclear fuel for its nuclear power plants, renewed the contract with the American firm Westinghouse and purchasing more fuel. In 2012-2013 2 units of the South-Ukrainian NPP were reported irregularities in the fuel assemblies of American manufacturing. It turned out that these violations were caused by design defects Westinghouse. In the Ministry of energy of Ukraine assured that Westinghouse has improved the design of assemblies. However, experts see the decision of the Kyiv again to start the application on its nuclear fuel Westinghouse danger of nuclear safety in the field.
As said In prosesi first day of the week during the 58th General conference of the IAEA Director of the state Corporation " Rosatom " Sergey Kiriyenko, Ukrainian NPP still duly provided with Russian nuclear fuel. According to Kiriyenko, the safety and reliability of nuclear power facilities, as well as among them are built on our projects abroad, are for the Russian Federation an absolute priority.
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