🇺🇦🇪🇸 New bridge between Ukraine and Spain: launch of the Business Council

🏛️ Director of SE “USIE IZOTOP” Volodymyr Kalachyk took part in the inaugural meeting of the Ukrainian Business Council “Ukraine-Spain” at the invitation of the President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gennady Chizhikov. At the meeting, reports and initiatives from representatives of business circles were heard and the composition of the Business Council was formed. We sincerely congratulate the newly elected Chairman of the Council, Bno-Ayriyan Mikhail Karenovich, and the members of the Council on the start of their important and responsible work.

🌐 The event was attended by Yulia Sokolovska, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Spain, and Ricardo López-Aranda Jagu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine, as well as more than 70 representatives of the Ukrainian business community who expressed interest in this initiative and confirmed their commitment to actively participate in further strengthening of cooperation.

💼 We are convinced that the activities of the Business Council opens up new opportunities for attracting Spanish investment to Ukraine, implementing joint investment projects, and bringing Ukrainian manufacturers to Spanish markets, as well as promoting Spanish companies in Ukraine. This is an important step towards developing a strategic partnership between our countries.

🤝 We look forward to productive, constructive, and effective cooperation, interaction, dynamic dialogue between businesses, and the practical benefits for the economies of Ukraine and Spain.

🚀 Investment, partnership, development: Ukraine and Spain are getting closer.

🏭 SE “USIE IZOTOP” officially handed-over a prototype of a certified packaging set for storing disused ionising radiation sources (DRS)

🏭 SE “USIE IZOTOP” officially handed-over a prototype of a certified packaging set for storing disused ionising radiation sources (DRS) at the Vector Centralised Storage Facility for DRS, which is operated by the State Specialized Enterprise “Central Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management” (SSE “CERWM”) in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.

🤝 The project to manufacture the packaging sets is implemented as part of international technical assistance with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy.

👥 The hand-over and acceptance procedure was attended by a representative of the ORS Programme in Ukraine, as well as the management of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, SSE “CERWM” and SE “USIE IZOTOP”.

⚙️ The process of manufacturing the first batch of the packaging sets to be used in the technological processes of the Vector Centralised Storage Facility for DRS has commenced.

🙏 We would like to express our gratitude to all parties involved for their effective coordination and implementation of the project work.

Staff professional development is one of the strategic areas of SE “USIE IZOTOP”

🤝 With the support of the U.S. Department of Energy, the company’s technical specialists successfully completed a specialized training course on the installation, adjustment and operation of auxiliary systems of a “hot cell”, which took place on 9-11 December 2025 at the production site of the Czech company VF a.s.

⚙️ During the theoretical and practical sessions, the participants worked on the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of radiation monitoring and video surveillance systems used in hot cells during the handling of radioactive materials.

🏭 In addition, specialists of SE “USIE IZOTOP” visited VF a.s. facilities, where they became familiar with the production processes and capabilities of specialized equipment manufactured at the VF a.s. plant.

🇨🇿🇺🇦 We sincerely thank our Czech partners for the high-quality training, the development of Ukrainian specialists’ capacity, and the continuation of productive cooperation.

Improving practices for managing IRS and RAW through expert dialogue.

On November 24–25, 2025, SE “USIE IZOTOP”, represented by Deputy Director Oksana Korol, participated in the international workshop “Bridging Regulation and Reality: Waste and DSRS Management in Conflict Conditions,” which took place in Prague under the Norwegian-Ukrainian Regulatory Cooperation Program.

🕵️‍♀️ On the Ukrainian side, the event was attended by experts from the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU), representatives of SSTC NRS, SE “USIE IZOTOPE”, SSE “CERWM”, SSE “Radon Association” and other operators of the national system for the management of radioactive waste and disused sealed sources of ionizing radiation.

🤝International partners were represented by specialists from regulatory authorities of Sweden (SSM), Finland (STUK), Norway (DSA), as well as experts from the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and independent international consultants.

📌During the workshop, Ukrainian participants shared their practical experience in safely managing disused sealed sources in a condition of martial law, including:
🔸transportation and temporary storage,
🔸 arrangement of logistics,
🔸interaction with the regulator, local authorities, law enforcement agencies, and security forces.

❗️Based on results of the workshop, the parties noted:
🔹the importance of joint expert approaches to improving regulation in the field of RAW and IRS,
🔹the further development of the Ukrainian-Norwegian cooperation,
🔹effective regulation of radiation safety through the exchange of practical experience and support for Ukraine in improving nuclear safety, especially in the context of war and post-war recovery.

☝️Thus, the international workshop became a platform for strengthening cooperation and sharing experience in the field of safe management of radioactive materials, that is key to ensuring nuclear and radiation safety in Ukraine!

The future of nuclear energy and related institutions that use nuclear physics technologies is in professional young personnel!

👨‍💼 Director of SE “USIE IZOTOP” Volodymyr Kalachyk took part in the career event “Your career is in the nuclear industry”, organized with the assistance of the National Contact Point of EUROATOM in Ukraine “NURECAB”, NGO “Ukrainian Nuclear Society”, and JSC “NNEGC“ Energoatom“. The event took place at the Energoatom office on 27th November 2025.

🎓 More than 60 students participated in this event, 30 of whom attended in person, the rest joined the online video conference.
The format of the event included speeches from representatives of leading enterprises in the nuclear and related industries with short presentations about their companies. Among them were the managers and representatives of: JSC “NNEGC “Energoatom”; “Energy Safety Group”; SE “USIE IZOTOP”; SRPA “Impulse”; LLC “Westron”; LLC “IPP Center”; SE “SSTC NRS”; Institute for Nuclear Research of the NAS of Ukraine / George Kuzmich Training Center of the NAS INR.

🤝 It is pleasant when such comprehensive processes of attracting, selecting, and future hiring qualified candidates for vacant positions in nuclear industry organizations are organized, including forecasting needs in staff, forming an employer brand, and creating long-term relationships with potential candidates to provide companies with the best specialists from the faculties of nuclear physics, atomic energy, and other specialized disciplines.

On 26th November 2025, SE “USIE IZOTOP” organized a friendly reception for representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA).

🌍 International activity needs to be expanded using professional diplomatic communication capabilities.

🤝 On 26th November 2025, SE “USIE IZOTOP” organized a friendly reception for representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA).

📈 During the meeting, the key areas of the enterprise’s activities and the results of cooperation with international partners were presented. Particular attention was given to discussing the further cooperation within the framework of the G7 Initiative “Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction”, as well as the continued active involvement of SE “USIE IZOTOP” in the ISI meetings (Information Sharing Initiative on technical assistance to Ukraine in the nuclear and radiation safety and security), and also to enhancing the opportunities and cooperation with the MFA.

🏭 As part of the meeting, a visit was organized to the Production Complex of SE “USIE IZOTOP,” where representatives of the MFA got acquainted with the infrastructure, material and technical base for ensuring the safe management of ionizing radiation sources.

🙏 We are sincerely grateful to our colleagues from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for a productive meeting, constructive and meaningful dialogue, and initiatives to promote the scaling up of international activities and the expansion of geography of international relations.

🔒 Our enterprise operates in compliance with the highest standards for radioactive material management. We are convinced, that further cooperation with the MFA will contribute to strengthening nuclear and radiation safety and security in Ukraine.