Ukraine, Norway and Sweden discussed the cooperation in the sphere of protection of NPP

Ukraine will deepen the cooperation with Norway and Sweden in the area of increasing the safety of nuclear power plants, informs on the first day of the week, the press service of the organization " Energoatom ".

On cooperation were discussed during the meeting of experts "Energoatom" with members of the Norwegian-Swedish delegation, which includes Authorized the Norwegian radiation protection Agency, the Norwegian development cooperation, Ministry of foreign Affairs of Norway, the Directorate for radiation safety in Sweden. The main theme of the meeting was to discuss the future programme and the list of projects to be implemented by the end of the visit (3 - 4 February) Norwegian-Swedish delegation at Rivne NPP.

"Company" Energoatom "hopes to deepen cooperation with Norway and Sweden in the area of increasing the safety and security of Ukrainian nuclear power plants," said the report.

"This meeting is the first most important thing is that the beginning of our cooperation is necessary. But in the future we would like to see a more systematic approach to the selection of projects, which could happen in cooperation with Sweden and Norway." Energoatom "is not 1-year implements Complex (summary) program to increase the safety of operating nuclear power plants (integrated program) and it seems to us that common projects with the Scandinavian countries could occur as part of this program, which clearly defines priorities "Energoatom" for increased safety ", - said the Director for international cooperation "Energoatom" Nicholas Kukharchuk.

Commissioner Norwegian foreign Jonny Almestad noticed that " the purpose of cooperation with Energoatom - not only improving the safety of Ukrainian NPPs, But also increase the energy security of Ukraine in the energy balance which the share of nuclear power generation plays a key role.

during the nuclear security Summit in March 2014 in the Hague, governments in Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway and Finland) told About the readiness to deepen cooperation in the field of increasing the level of nuclear safety and security of nuclear power plants of Ukraine.


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