OREANDA-NEWS. September 09, 2013. The Government takes care of the implementation of a Program to improve the security of nuclear power plants.

It is for implementation of the relevant activities it has been developed and approved a regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Comprehensive (overall) program of improving the safety of nuclear power plants."

The implementation of the Program is needed for compliance with international obligations of Ukraine under the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) and is a condition for operation of Ukrainian NPPs.

The purpose of mentioned resolution is to identify common needs and schedule of funding of the Program considering the ratio of funds of Energoatom and credit of EBRD/Euratom.

The adoption of the resolution enables to complete all planned activities of the Program, including additional emergency response and fire prevention measures to prevent accidents like an accident at the Fukushima NPP.