Education

Online fundraising event for Ukraine to be held April 27–28

April 26, 2022, 12:01PMANS Nuclear Cafe

An open online event titled “Challenges of Ukraine’s nuclear energy in wartime” will be held on April 27 and 28. The event is sponsored by the International Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Recovery (INUDECO). Organizers include the Slavutych (Ukraine) City Council, the Institute for Nuclear Power Plant Safety of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Nuclear Society.

Register now. There is no fee for registration. However, funds raised from participants will be donated for humanitarian purposes. Fundraising is open now.

What it’s about: Participants will discuss and analyze the nuclear situation in Ukraine in regard to its ongoing war with Russia. Reports will be presented on a variety of related topics, including the manifestation of nuclear terrorism, the actions of international organizations, the operation of nuclear facilities during wartime, and the sanctions against the Russian nuclear sector. The official languages for the event are English and Ukrainian, with simultaneous translations.

An open online discussion will take place on April 27. On April 28, INUDECO sectional meetings will cover “problems of nuclear facilities’ decommissioning and environmental recovery.”

Organizers/participants: The list of event organizers as provided by INUDECO is as follows:

  • Executive Committee of the Slavutych City Council, Vyshhorod District, Kyiv Region
  • Municipal Enterprise Regional Development Agency of the Vyshhorod District of the Slavutych City Council
  • Institute of Nuclear Power Plant Safety of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management, State Specialized Enterprise, and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
  • Slavutych branch of the National Technical University of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Nuclear Society

Further information: Additional information about the event can be obtained by emailing INUDECO. Information about INUDECO conferences can be found on the organization’s website.

Tags:
chernobylinudeconuclear powernuclear safetyukraineukraine-russia war
Share:
LinkedInTwitterFacebookEmail

Related Articles

IAEA convoy hit by Russian drone

December 11, 2024, 12:00PMNuclear News

A drone targeted and damaged an official vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency on December 10 as it traveled toward the front line in eastern Ukraine during a rotation of IAEA...

Throwback Thursday: The legend of SCRAM

December 5, 2024, 6:34AMNuclear News

Ax man. Scram. Trip. Yes, this is Throwback Thursday, but no—we aren’t revisiting the slang of American countercultures from decades past. We are, however, pondering a term central to a...

Gail H. Marcus—ANS member since 1973

November 25, 2024, 7:03AMANS News

I like to say that I ended up at Massachusetts Institute of Technology because of my father. He saw that I seemed intimidated by the prospect of going there, so he dared me, figuring I would...

The power of mentoring young talent

October 18, 2024, 12:02PMNuclear NewsEarnestine Johnson

Even if conditions for mentoring are ideal, there is no guarantee that your employees won’t leave for other opportunities. Mentoring should be viewed as a duty and not as something that...

Remembering ANS President John Kelly

October 10, 2024, 3:00PMANS News

John Kelly, ANS past president (2018–19), passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 3, 2024, in Gilbert Ariz., at the age of 70. Kelly was born on March 9, 1954, and was the eldest of...