Chornobyl

The roundtable discussion was held at the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute on April 22. Its guests included people who had directly participated in mitigating the consequences of the largest technological disaster in human history, as well as Ukrainian journalists who, despite government restrictions, were the first to report and reveal the truth about the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Also attending were aspiring journalists studying at the Sail Children's Media School in the city of Vasylkiv and the Information and Creative Agency "YUN-PRESS" of the Kyiv Palace of Children and Youth, where they are taking their first steps in the profession.

The 23rd International Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists and Students, Contemporary Challenges in Scientific Support for the Energy Sector: Security, Resilience, Information Technologies, and Environmental Monitoring, was held from April 17 to 21 in the shelter of the Hryhorii Denysenko Scientific and Technical Library.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted the All-Ukrainian scientific conference “The Chernobyl Disaster: Medical, Environmental, and Social Consequences 40 Years Later”—one of the key events the university organized in memory of the Chernobyl tragedy.

Kyiv Polytechnic has previously published articles about the technology for treating water contaminated with radionuclides that was developed by a team of researchers from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute during the first weeks following the Chornobyl disaster.

Chornobyl: Never Again

☑️ Kyiv Polytechnic Institute participated in the hearings of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy and Protection of Veterans’ Rights on the topic “40 Years Since the Chernobyl Disaster: Current Realities and Future Challenges.”

Another anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, the largest man-made disaster of the twentieth century, is approaching. In addition to Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, most European countries have experienced its consequences to varying degrees.

On the 62nd day of heroic resistance to the bloody aggressor, let us remember the accident that shocked the whole world.

At the end of April, the Ukrainian media traditionally dedicate part of their materials to the anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.

On the 35th anniversary of the catastrophe at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute established a monument on its territory to one of the first hero-liquidators, a graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Ins