12.10.2018  THE KALININ NPP INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ADMINISTRATION

International Insurance Inspection highly praised the security of Kalinin NPP

The provision of safety and production standards at Kalinin NPP is at the high level and corresponds to Russian and world’s standards. This is an appraisal given by the experts of British and Russian insurance pools during the international Insurance Inspection (III) that was held at Kalinin NPP from 9 to 11 October. This is the second inspection of this sort for Kalinin NPP power units.

The representatives of the insurance companies Nira, AIG, Northcourt, Atomic Insurance Broker JSC, Rosenergoatom JSC took part in the Inspection. The head of the international team of inspectors was the chairman of the technical committee of Russian Nuclear Insurance Pool, the head of the project SOGAZ JSC Anatoliy Nikitin.

During the inspection such main directions as provision of nuclear safety and fire protection were examined, the analysis of NPP’s equipment failure was carried out. The experts made the walkabouts of the facilities of all Kalinin NPP power units, and open distribution system; the reserve mobile specialized machinery required for provision of the safe work of the power unit during the emergency was checked.

The international inspectors highly appraised the provision of the nuclear and radiation safety; they particularly noted the successive implementation of the program on modernization and increase of reliability of Kalinin NPP power units.

“Kalinin NPP has achieved the high level of safety and production. The nuclear power plant operated efficiently by every criterion”, the head of the inspection Anatoliy Nikitin stressed.

The qualification and professionalism of the personnel, a good condition of the buildings and facilities, effective system of cooperation with the Plant’s workers were noted among the strength sides. The inspection team gave the positive assessment to the accomplishment of the recommendations on results of the previous inspections.

The Kalininskaya nuclear power plant is a branch of the Rosenergoatom. The station is located in the north of the Tver region in the Udomelskiy area. There are four power units with water-cooled power reactors (VVER-1000) with installed capacity of 1000 MW each in the structure of the Kalininskaya nuclear power station.

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