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New Safe Confinement and Interim Storage Facility 2

26 April 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then Ukraine and the international community have been working on overcoming the legacy of the accident and converting Chernobyl into a safe and secure site. Recognising the magnitude of the task,
the international community has supported Ukraine continuously in efforts to find technical solutions for Chernobyl.

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The EBRD acts as administrator of and a contributor to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund, which was established in December 1997 by the G7 and other contributing countries to help Ukraine transform the existing Chernobyl Shelter into a safe and environmentally stable system under the Chernobyl Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP).