25 journalists from Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal and Burundi visited the Leningrad NPP as part of the Russia-Africa 2023 summit. The leading African media representatives met with the Leningrad NPP management and went on excursions. Alexander Belyaev, Chief Engineer of LNPP-2, spoke about how the safety of the station's activities is ensured.

“Russian-style 3+ generation power units are by far the safest and most in demand in the world. The main feature of the PWR-1200 design is a unique combination of active and passive safety systems that make the plant as resistant to external and internal impacts as possible. None of the operating stations in the world is equipped with such a configuration of security systems. They include a heavy-duty double containment of the reactor building, a sprinkler system, a sprinkler system, 4 safety channels duplicating each other, passive heat removal systems from the core and steam generators, and much more,” he said.

Today, more than 600 million people in African countries do not have access to electricity, and the average production per person in these countries does not exceed 100 kWh per year.

Overcoming energy hunger is one of the priority tasks facing Africans. That is why a visit to the nuclear power plant, the main promising green energy source, was included in the mandatory program for foreign guests.

At LNPP, journalists got acquainted with the achievements of the nuclear industry, visited the block control room, accompanied by Sergey Chigarev, Deputy Chief Engineer for Operation of LNPP-2, its head, Alexei Borunov, spoke about the operation of the turbine hall.

According to the guests, the captured photos and videos, as well as the knowledge gained, will help them create excellent stories and publications, which means that the inhabitants of African countries will have the opportunity to see that the solution to the problem of energy hunger on the African continent exists and is very close.