On November 16, 2019, Alexander Gusev, the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Lokshin, the first deputy CEO in charge of operational management at the Rosatom State Corporation and the President of ASE Engineering Company, and Andrey Petrov, the CEO of the Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company and the First Vice-President of NPP at ASE Group, visited the Novovoronezh NPP (NV NPP).

During the trip, Alexander Gusev and Alexander Lokshin have signed an Agreement between the Voronezh region government and the Rosatom State corporation to allocate additional tax income paid by Rosatom into the regional budget for the development of Novovoronezh city to fund the social and economic development activities. It is worth noting that the Voronezh region was the first region to sign such Agreement in Rosatom in 2012. According to this document, the budget of Novovoronezh has received an extra amount of two billion rubles during the period of 2013-2019.

‘The Novovoronezh NPP is among the top three hugest taxpayers in the region. Following the launch of the 7th power block, the regional budget will be receiving up to 10 billion rubles annually. The Novovoronezh NPP is a key partner for us, and today we have reconfirmed our arrangements for joint projects’, Alexander Gusev, the governor of the Voronezh region.

When speaking about the prospect of the nuclear power city and the Novovoronezh NPP development, Alexander Lokshin, the first deputy CEO of operational management at the Rosatom State Corporation, Novovoronezh will evolve as an international education center for foreign NPPs built following the Russian project.

‘Nowadays, the Rosatom State Corporation is the leader in terms of building foreign NPPs working on the construction of 36 power blocks in 12 countries. The Novovoronezh NPP became the staff training base. In the next 5 years alone, we will have to train over 2,800 foreign specialists. While the NPP used to be a talent foundry for Russia only, it will now supply talents all over the world’, Alexander Lokshin, the first deputy CEO of operational management at the Rosatom State Corporation, said.

To conclude the visit, 25 industry employees who made substantial contribution into the construction of the 3rd Russian innovative 3+ generation power block received special awards.