{"id":4616,"date":"2025-11-05T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2025-12-12T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:20:12","slug":"greenpeace-completed-mission-to-chornobyl-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/ukraine\/en\/news\/4616\/greenpeace-completed-mission-to-chornobyl-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Ukraine completed mission to Chornobyl NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An international team led by Greenpeace Ukraine has completed its third extended mission to the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Exclusion Zone since 2022. The visit, which was only made possible by the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management, the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), and the SSE Ecocentre, focused on two main objectives \u2014 supporting Ukrainian scientists<\/a> studying radioactive contamination and assessing the damage from Russia\u2019s February 2025 drone attack <\/a>on the New Safe Confinement (NSC)<\/a> structure. <\/p>\n\n

During the mission, Greenpeace Ukraine experts worked alongside the SSE Ecocentre and leading scientists from the Hydrometeorological Institute of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine as they conducted research at the Chornobyl cooling pond \u2014 one of the most contaminated sites in the zone. The pond<\/a>, built in the 1970s to cool the four Chornobyl reactors, still contains radioactive fuel particles<\/a> from the 1986 disaster<\/a>. Understanding how these particles behave in water and sediments is essential for long-term environmental safety.<\/p>\n\n

To support this work, Greenpeace Ukraine has funded the construction of a floating radiation survey platform, named H.B. Victory (\u0413.\u0411. \u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0430). The platform will help scientists study radiation levels in the aquatic systems of the Chornobyl Zone over the coming years. The results of this collaborative research will be published in 2026 \u2014 on the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. <\/p>\n\n

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All photos: Pavlo Siromenko<\/em><\/p>\n\n

As part of the mission, the Greenpeace Ukraine nuclear team, drawing on staff from several national organizations, was granted access to the Chornobyl plant itself, including units 3 and 4, and the NSC Arch that covers the destroyed reactor. The 2025 Russian drone attack <\/a>on the NSC caused serious structural damage \u2014 breaching the roof, triggering a fire that burned<\/a> for three weeks, and disabling key safety systems. Temporary repairs have been made, but the options for repair remain uncertain and with costs potentially in hundreds of millions of euros.<\/p>\n\n

This was the third Greenpeace Ukraine extended mission to Chornobyl since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, and the first on-site assessment inside the NSC since the February 2025 attack. We will continue to investigate Russia\u2019s war crimes against Ukraine\u2019s nuclear and energy infrastructure \u2014 including at Chornobyl and the Zaporizhzhia<\/a> reactor site \u2014 and to demand strong international sanctions against Rosatom, the criminal <\/a>Russian state nuclear corporation.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cUkraine\u2019s nuclear sites must stop being targets in Russia\u2019s war. The international community must act to protect them \u2014 and to hold Russia accountable for its deliberate nuclear threats,\u201d<\/em> said Shaun Burnie, senior nuclear specialist with Greenpeace Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Greenpeace Ukraine wishes to express its deep appreciation to the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management, the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), the SSE Ecocentre, and the Hydrometeorological Institute for making the mission possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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