National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU) is a non-governmental not-for-profit organization created in 1991 when Ukraine has obtained independence. NECU consolidates individuals for common action to protect the environment. Among NECU members are scientists, journalists, artists, students and other people who are willing to add their own effort to environmental protection. The organization has branches in a dozen of Ukrainian cities.

NECU works to bring environmental consideration into the core of any decision. We aim to bring concerns of local population and experts to the politicians, to redesign strategies and projects. We work both to save nature, by maintaining and creating new protected areas, and to decrease human impact on environment, through policy changes in energy and transport sectors. ...more information

12 March 2012, Kyiv – On the occasion of the Fukushima NPP accident anniversary Ukrainian people initiated the protest against continued use of deteriorated nuclear reactors and establishment of new dangerous nuclear facilities. Public environmentalists explained why the Fukushima NPP accident scenario is highly probable for Ukraine. The efforts were made to put all nuclear power supporters on the list of liquidators of the next disaster. No willing governmental officials were identified.

“The Japanese accident happened in deteriorated nuclear power units operating far beyond the lifetime set by initial designs. In view of this, a range of countries with developed nuclear power refused from extension of operating lives of nuclear reactors. Nevertheless, Ukraine has been actively implementing a program aiming to extend service lives of the out-of-date reactors: in 2011 Rivne NPP Units ## 1, 2 life period was extended to 20 years more, and Yuzhno-Ukrainska NPP Unit #1, which is generally an experimental one, is being currently prepared for extension,” says Dmytro Khamara, the protest campaign organizer and Energy Expert at the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine. [Далі...]