Rebuilding Ukraine: Norway allocates $10.6 mln to repair Chornobyl nuclear plant sarcophagus
It also said Eivind Vad Petersson, state secretary at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visited Kyiv, where he announced Norway's support for nuclear safety after an incident on Sunday, June 7, when a Russian drone hit a building at a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the Chornobyl zone.
Authorities did not report any increase in radiation levels after the incident.
Norway will make efforts to reduce the risk of radioactive releases and ensure that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant continues to operate safely," Petersson said.
Norway will provide the aid through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's International Chornobyl Cooperation Account (ICCA). The funds will go toward restoring the plant's safety systems after the Russian drone attack in February 2025.
In late April, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko announced that Norway would allocate 500 million kroner to strengthen Ukraine's nuclear safety.
As a reminder, on the night of February 14, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter that protects the world from radiation from the destroyed fourth reactor unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Judging by the published photos, a Geran-2 UAV, the Russian version of the Iranian Shahed, attacked the reactor unit's sarcophagus. To maximize fire damage, the attack drone carried a high-explosive warhead.
As of February 15, emergency workers had contained a fire in the filler material of the outer cladding of the shelter over the fourth reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
The IAEA reported that the drone strike left a hole about 6 meters in diameter. Flammable material in the roof cladding fueled the fire. Experts were informed that the plant planned to install additional sensors to measure dose rate and aerosol concentration near the attack site.
It should be noted that, under existing agreements, Ukrainian air defense forces do not shoot down enemy UAVs over nuclear facilities. Therefore, experts say, this was a deliberate crime by the Russian invaders.
It is worth recalling that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was under occupation during Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian occupation forces seized the plant, putting the entire world at risk. On March 31, Rubryka reported that Russian occupation troops had left the territory of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv region.
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