National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom, taking into account the political situation, has prepared an order to harden the protection of its nuclear facilities and their infrastructure, Head of Energoatom Petro Kotin has said.
“We are introducing a special order to harden security at all our nuclear facilities and their infrastructure. It will, of course, provide for additional steps for the physical protection of the facilities. Of course, we will harden these measures. And, if necessary, we will allocate additional funding,” Kotin told Interfax-Ukraine during a visit to the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF).
According to him, now law enforcement agencies are working out all the necessary steps to improve safety at the nuclear power plant.
“These are organizational steps. As for additional funding, issues are resolved within the framework of security protocols that are signed with the National Guard and other relevant bodies, in particular, the SBU. Now, this work is being carried out at all nuclear power plants,” Kotin said.
Concerning the CSFSF, the head of Energoatom said that all the required protection steps are also being taken on it.
“This is a nuclear facility, and therefore it is also very vulnerable from the point of view of a terrorist attack. It is only 14 km from the border with Belarus. All necessary steps are being taken to protect it physically, there are many of them, they are sufficient. You heard that the representative of the National Guard from the unit that will guard it said that security will be ensured,” Kotin said.
