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An interim report on options for the full restoration of the New Safe Confinement's protective functions is due to be presented later this month. Serhii Tarakanov, Director General of SSE Chornobyl NPP, says the aim is for the repair work to be completed by 2030.
 

A contract has been signed for the development of detailed design documentation for work on parts of the turbine hall and deaerator stack that extend beyond the giant New Safe Confinement arch-shaped shelter which encloses the ruins of Chernobyl’s unit 4.
 

The State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management has said that sites by two long-abandoned villages have been identified as potential locations for future small modular reactors.
 

Rostekhnadzor has issued a 10-year operating licence for Unit 2 at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has been under Russian military control since early March 2022.
 

Talks about any potential cross-border environmental impact issues from the proposed two AP1000 units at the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant have taken place with Poland and "expert consultations completed", Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture has said.
 

The International Atomic Energy Agency has stressed the importance of electrical substations in ensuring off-site power supplies to nuclear power plants.
 

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the backup external power line for Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been reconnected after six months, with the necessary repair work taking place during a temporary truce.
 

The International Atomic Energy Agency says that negotiations are on-going to allow work to take place to restore a backup external power supply to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
 

Ukraine’s nuclear regulator has approved the release of the first 20 tonnes of carbon steel from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for reuse elsewhere in the country.