OREANDA-NEWS. February 21, 2013. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine hosted a working meeting of Minister Oleh Proskuryakov with EBRD director for nuclear safety (Great Britain) Vince Novak.

The parties considered issues of cooperation and interaction of Ukraine and the European with regards to activity of the Ukryttya (Shelter) Chornobyl Fund for nuclear safety, realization of international projects which are financed at the account of the Ukryttya (Shelter) Fund and Account of nuclear safety.

In particular, in 2012 there was achieved a significant progress in realization of projects being financed from the Ukryttya (Shelter) Chornobyl Fund and Account of nuclear safety, i.e.:

- project of completion of construction of the spend nuclear fuel storage was approved;

- tender procedures were held and contracts concluded along all packages of works in the project of construction of a plant for processing liquid radioactive waste.

The EBRD director for nuclear safety stressed that first huge joint projects in 2013 will be a project of improvement of nuclear safety on Chornobyl Nuclear Power Station blocks.
The parties expressed hopes that cooperation between the ministry and EBRD would prolong and be fruitful.