15.06.2018  NOVOVORONEZH NPP INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ADMINISTRATION

Novovoronezh NPP got the certificate for compliance with environmental requirements

The environmental management system was checked for compliance with the requirements of ISO 14001:2015 international standard and GOST R ISO 14001-2016 national standard at Novovoronezh NPP (NVNPP).

During 5 days the compliance of NPP operation with standard requirements was checked. This year Novovoronezh NPP has been certified for a new type of standards that added a number of significant innovations including the risk oriented approach.

The auditor group, DQS, confirmed the improvement of the environmental management system, recommended to issue certificates and noted a number of the Plant’s strengths such as the application of the new 11 clauses of the automated radiation situation monitoring system (ARSMS) due to construction and commission of the Generation III+ power units; the establishment of sealed containers for accumulation of production and consumption waste at the territory of NVNPP that would allow to reduce the environment impact; the substitution of asbestos cloth at fire stations with eco-friendly cloth from flame-redundant materials; the beautification of the Plant’s divisions with maximum preservation of the natural landscape; the increase of the safety culture level among the NPP personnel and contractor organizations relating to the production and consumption waste handling; the increase of the environmental culture level among the children from kindergartens, etc.

In 2017 at NVNPP within the environmental safety management the work for the assessment of the environmental risks’ significance in accordance with the requirements of the international standard ISO 14031 and organization of the forthcoming implementation of the events for the identified risk management was started.

Upon the results of the conducted audit the head of the group – DQS international auditor – Elena Iliina noted that Novovoronezh NPP has the effective exchange between different levels of management, the meetings are conducted on a regular basis, and the data reporting is executed and organized according to the established procedures at all levels.

DQS is a transnational holding. Its headquarters is situated in Frankfurt am Main and it is a corporate parent of the international enterprises of DQS Gruppe. DQS is engaged in production of expert evidence for all kinds of business processes and management systems certification.

The Novovoronezh nuclear power plant is a branch of the Rosenergoatom. The station is located on the bank of the Don River in 42 km to the south of Voronezh. It is the Russia's first nuclear power plant with VVER reactors (water-to-water power reactors of case type with regular water under pressure). Each of five reactors of the station can be a main one – a prototype of serial power reactors: the power unit No. 1 with the VVER-210 reactor, the power unit No. 2 with the VVER-365 reactor, the No. 3, 4 power units with the VVER-440 reactors, the power unit No. 5 with the VVER-1000 reactor. The first power unit was launched in 1964, the second – in 1969, third – in 1971, fourth – 1972, fifth – 1980. There are three power units (power units No.1, 2 were stopped in 1984 and 1990 respectively) in work at the moment.

The power units Nos 1 and 2 were stopped in 1984 and 1990, respectively. The power unit No 3 was stopped in 2016 for decommissioning activities. The power unit No 1 of Novovoronezh NPP-2 was commissioned on 27 February, 2017. The power unit No 2 of Novovoronezh NPP-2 is in the middle of construction and installation works; its commissioning is planned for 2018.


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