Readiness of the Kursk NPP to localize and eliminate hypothetical emergencies to ensure safety and security was confirmed during the inspection, which took place on 22-26 June 2015. The inspection was performed by the Commission of the "Rosenergoatom".

Representatives of the Scientific Technological Center for emergency engineering works at the NPP, the Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after A.I. Burnazyan FMBA of Russia participated in the inspection in addition to representatives of relevant departments of the Group.

The subject of the study was the implementation of legislative and regulatory acts’ requirements and the readiness of management, communication, warning and informing systems of the Kursk NPP to act in emergency situations, practical readiness of forces and means of the enterprise to carry out tasks, fire safety and other aspects of such activity .

Planned emergency response training was scheduled as part of the inspection. Practical skills on organizing and conducting works on localization and liquidation of emergency situations, including the evacuation of personnel from the industrial site and the deployment of rescue equipment, were worked out during the training.

Preliminary results of the inspection contain the conclusion that the Kursk NPP is ready to localize and eliminate hypothetical emergencies, ensure safety and security of staff. Recommendations will be made in the final document about the results.

The Kursk NPP has power units ?? 1, 2, 4 in work at the moment. They work with capacity, established by the dispatch schedule. Power unit ?3 is in planned current overhaul.

The radiation background is at level, that corresponds to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed natural background values, at the Kursk NPP and in the area of its location.

Updated information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other nuclear facilities is provided on site www.russianatom.ru.

The Kursk NPP, as part of the «Rosenergoatom Concern», is included into the electricity division of the State Corporation "Rosatom". The station is located 40 km south-west of the city Kursk on the left bank of Seym. The NPP has four operating units with RBMK RBMK-1000 reactors with total capacity of 4 million KW of electricity. Power units were connected to the unified energy system of the country in 1976, 1979, 1983 and 1985. All existing power units had technical modernization in 1994-2009. The Kursk NPP is the largest power generating source in the Central Russian Chernozem.