European partners will provide Ukraine with €22.6 million for nuclear safety

European partners will give €22.6 million to Ukraine to ensure nuclear safety, improve radiation protection, and manage radioactive waste. The measure was approved on Friday, April 25, during a meeting of the Supervisory Board for the Implementation of the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation in Ukraine. Ukrainian Minister of Environmental Protection Svitlana Grynychuk participated in the event together with Jan Pane, Director for Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy, and Inte Stockmann, Head of the Nuclear Safety Sector at the European Commission’s DG INTPE. The meeting agreed on the financing of several key projects, including the equipment of a modern analytical laboratory for the analysis of radioactive materials in Chernobyl and the creation of a national integrated automated radiation monitoring system for the entire territory of Ukraine. This system will be integrated 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. There will also be efforts to harmonise Ukrainian legislation with Euratom standards to facilitate Ukraine’s accession to the EU. All measures should be implemented over five years.