From November 6 to 10, 2023, the IAEA medical and coordination assistance mission took place in Ukraine, which is a continuation of the IAEA work to provide assistance to Ukraine in maintaining the nuclear safety and security. The mission complemented previous activities the IAEA undertook to assess the needs of medical services for the personnel of nuclear installations, including Chornobyl NPP, and to strengthen the capacity of local medical hospitals in the locations of NPP personnel and other nuclear facilities to provide timely medical assistance in appropriate cases of daily routine and in response to emergency situations.

A team of IAEA experts visited the city hospital in Slavutych, the Slavutsky local health center, the industrial site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the exclusion zone, the health care center, the station staff's inter-shift rest areas, got acquainted with the sanitary and living conditions of the workers, the needs and challenges that have arisen since the transition of the ChNPP to a shift mode of operation, met with the management of the ChNPP and DAZV to discuss the issue of coordination of cooperation according to jointly defined priorities.

The issue of medical support for the personnel of Ukrainian nuclear power plants takes on special importance in conditions of long-term stress, since the provision of nuclear safety and security in the mode of normal operation and the ability to adequately respond to emergency situations largely depends on the state of mental and physical health of the operational personnel of nuclear installations and therefore requires due attention at all levels, interdepartmental interaction and international cooperation.

During the meeting with IAEA experts held at the State Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission, the results of previous missions, current issues of medical support for NPP personnel in coordination with current and prospective issues of assistance provided to Ukraine within the framework of the IAEA comprehensive programme for assistance were discussed.

At the invitation of the State Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission, the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, DPS - State Tax Service , SAMEZ, the Directorate of SE "NAEK "Energoatom" and VP "Emergency and Technical Center", DU "National Scientific Center of Radiation Medicine" of AMS of Ukraine took part in the consultative meeting.

There were also meetings of IAEA experts with specialists of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the WHO representative office in Ukraine to coordinate efforts to support the Medical Assistance Program for Ukrainian NPP personnel.