Report on the Development of Nuclear Towns and Cities
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As part of cooperation between Russia and Belarus in addressing a set of tasks related to ensuring nuclear
and radiation safety, including at nuclear legacy sites that have emerged as a result of the Chernobyl
disaster, a visit of Russian experts and members of ROSATOM's Public Council to Belarus was organised.
Matters reviewed in the reporting year included setting safety requirements for RAW management at
NPPs, and adopted approaches to establishing a national operator responsible for RAW management in
the Russian Federation and for the construction and operation of RAW disposal facilities.
During the visit, proposals concerning certain areas of cooperation were discussed, a number of measures
were proposed for implementation as part of developing a new programme of the Union State, and
approaches to the regulation of activities in radiation-contaminated areas were considered.
The delegates visited the Polesye State Radioecological Reserve in the Belarusian sector of the Chernobyl
Exclusion Zone. In addition to working consultations, the guests were provided with an overview of
the results of activities carried out in the Reserve over more than 30 years. Visits to research facilities, a
firefighting station, a museum, a horse farm and a bison farm forming part of the Reserve were organised,
and an overview of its facilities and equipment was provided. Representatives of the local government
provided information about social and economic development in the region.
During the tour of the region most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the delegates also visited
the Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology (Gomel).
GRI 413-1 Activities of the Public Council Community Liaison Offices
Community Liaison Offices of the Corporation's Public Council serve as a platform for dialogue with the
general public, civic associations, regional and local governments, professional associations and nuclear
enterprises.
The Community Liaison Offices operate in 15 nuclear towns and cities in 13 constituent entities of the
Russian Federation. In 2022, a Community Liaison Office was opened in Zarechny in the Penza Region.
The Community Liaison Offices played an active role in the field of environmental protection, healthcare,
culture, promotion of a sporting lifestyle, development of the urban environment, primary and higher
education, the youth policy, etc.
Plans for 2023
Under instructions of ROSATOM's Director General, the People, Towns and Cities programme has been
launched; starting from 2023, it sets even more ambitious goals than before and combines a number of
project initiatives within a single concept. The People, Towns and Cities programme includes industry-wide
initiatives such as ROSATOM's School, ROSATOM's Territory of Culture and projects of the Nuclear Towns
and Cities Union of Nuclear Organisations. The People, Towns and Cities programme was first presented at
the 7th Forum of Nuclear Towns and Cities on 17 March 2023. In accordance with the new programme, all
of ROSATOM's social initiatives will be divided into four main focus areas: strategies for towns and cities, a
modern urban environment, active urban life and better education.
JSC Atom-TOR will continue to take systematic steps to search for and attract new resident companies
to PDAs, taking into account promising investment opportunities and the development of cooperation
chains; it will also continue to develop infrastructure projects, which will involve creating industrial parks
and technology parks, promoting investment opportunities in PDAs, launching and maintaining an
information channel for resident companies. In order to support PDAs in single-industry towns and cities,
a partnership network is to be developed at the regional and federal levels, which will involve enhancing
cooperation with existing partners and attracting new partners.
The PDA boundaries are to be further optimised to make the sites more attractive to investors and meet the
needs of potential resident companies. Support for resident companies will include continued systematic
efforts to promote products offered by PDA residents, which will involve filling the catalogue and the
online store, holding pitch sessions, posting information on partner websites, verifying compliance of PDA
residents with the terms of agreements, and expanding information and advisory support for resident
companies.
Plans also include organising and conducting educational events on issues relevant to resident companies
in order to promote deeper integration with ROSATOM.
In 2023, the Corporation's Public Council plans to expand cooperation with the Civic Chamber of the
Russian Federation, implement public oversight projects, manage the work of public environmental
experts and develop the activities of its Commissions taking into account the expansion of the scope
of ROSATOM's business. Events scheduled for 2023 include the 16th Regional Public Dialogue Forum
titled 'National Interests, Environment and Safety' commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth
of Academician Igor Kurchatov (Chelyabinsk), and a workshop on government policy on RAW and SNF
management (Murmansk).
The implementation of comprehensive regional development plans will continue in Usolye-Sibirskoye,
the CATF of Sarov and other nuclear towns and cities. More specifically, the federal project to establish a
Federal Chemical Industry Hub in Usolye-Sibirskoye is to be developed and approved by the Government
of the Russian Federation in 2023.
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