29.03.2011  Public Information Centre of Rostov NPP

Radiation safety seminar was held at Rostov NPP

Rostov NPP representatives participated in the radiation safety seminar. It was held in Rostov Nuclear Power Information Centre by Radiation Safety Interregional Centre in the South Federal district, which is a part of Rospotrebnadzor Federal Service Directorate in Rostov region.

The seminar was attended by representatives of Rospotrebnadzor territorial authorities and departments in Russian Federation subjects of the Southern Federal District, Hygiene and Epidemiology Centers of Saratov, Tver, Smolensk, Leningrad, Voronezh, Murmansk and Kursk regions, Southern Regional Center of EMERCOM of Russia, Rostov Centre for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, scientists of the St. Petersburg Institute of Radiation Hygiene and Rostov Medical University. At the same time, a teleconference was organized with participation of their Kaliningrad colleagues who also got together in the Information Centre for Atomic Energy 

The seminar participants discussed the issues of population radiation safety at operated nuclear power plants. The reports on automated radiation control system (ARS) in 30 km Rostov NPP area, NPP facilities and safety systems, the system of supervision over nuclear and radiation safety at construction, operation and decommissioning of Rostov NPP were particularly interesting for the listeners.

Reporting on the results of independent radiation situation control in Rostov NPP observation zone, Deputy Head of Interregional department No. 5 of Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) Oleg Kudinov stressed that the ten years results of the NPP location observations proved noneffect of 10-years operation of Rostov NPP on the environment.

Rostov NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The nuclear power plant is located on the bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir 13.5 km far from Volgodonsk city. The NPP is operated by two power units with VVER-1000-type reactor with installed capacity of 1,000 MW. Power unit No.1 was put into commercial operation in 2001, and the power unit No 2 Р in December 2010.

Detailed and timely information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other objects of the nuclear industry is available in the site www.russianatom.ru.


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