14.11.2017
INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ADMINISTRATION ROSENERGOATOM CONCERN JSC
Rosenergoatom: Russian NPPs are ready for operation in winter conditions
The commission of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation has carried out the inspection of Rosenergoatom Concern’s and its branches’ – the nuclear power plants - readiness for operation in the heating season.
Upon its results Rosenergoatom Concern as the electric power industry entity received the Passport of readiness for operation in the heating period of 2017-2018 signed by the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Andrey Cherezov.
The Passport is given on the grounds of Inspection Act (dt 9 November, 2017) and it shows that all 10 operating Russian NPPs are ready for operation in winter conditions.
The Rosenergoaton Concern (the power division of the Rosatom State Corporation) includes 10 Russian nuclear power stations bearing the status of the Concern’s affiliate companies, along with the vendors catering for the needs of the generation company. All in all, the 10 nuclear power stations operate 35 power blocks* (*excluding the Novovoronezh NPP’s 6th power block being at the pilot production stage): 18 of them operate VVER reactors (12 VVER-1000 power blocks and 5 VVER-440 power blocks of different modifications); 15 of them with channel reactors (11 power blocks with RMBK-1000 reactors, four power blocks with EGP-6 reactors); and 2 power blocks with fast neutron sodium cooling reactors (BN-600 and BN-800).
At the moment, the Rosenergoatom NPPs account for 18,3 % of the whole electricity output in the country.
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