Novovoronezh NPP-2 has completed the WANO Support Mission before the 2nd power unit pre-launch check
The WANO support mission has been completed at Novovoronezh NPP. Its purpose was to assist the Plant in ensuring operational readiness and preparation for the successful pre-launch Peer Review (PPR) of the unit No 2 of NVNPP-2 (No 7 of NVNPP).

Novovoronezh NPP: nearly 80 students will undertake work practice in the International Training Centre
79 students of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NENU MEPhI) will undertake work practice in the International Training Centre on the basis of the Training Centre (TC) of Novovoronezh NPP (NVNPP) (a branch of Rosenergoatom JSC, a part of Rosatom’s Electric Power Division) until the end of 2018.

Gundremmingen NPP (Germany) specialists visited Novovoronezh NPP for experience exchange
The specialists of Gundremmingen NPP (Germany) visited Novovoronezh NPP (a branch of Rosenergoatom JSC, a part of Rosatom’s Electic Power Division) within the Agreement on bilateral cooperation between nuclear power plants.

Rosenergoatom: FPU Akademik Lomonosov has successfully completed the last key stage before the physical start-up – the nuclear fuel loading into both reactors
On 2 October, 2018, at the world's only floating nuclear power unit (FPU) Akademik Lomonosov, which is located at the site of Atomflot FSUE (a subsidiary of Rosatom) in Murmansk, the specialists of the Baltiyskiy Zavod completed loading the nuclear fuel into the second of the two reactors – the one on the left board.

Rostekhnadzor started testing the power unit No 3 readiness for an additional service life at Balakovo NPP
On 1 October, 2018, the Commission of the Volga Interregional Territorial Administration of the Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostekhnadzor) has started checking the readiness of the 3rd unit of Balakovo NPP for operation in an additional period.

Leningrad NPP has summed up the results of the WANO Peer Review
From 13 September to 28 September, a full-scale project-informed Peer Review of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) was held at Leningrad NPP.

Rosenergoatom: the power unit No 4 of Rostov NPP was put into commercial operation 3 months earlier the scheduled date
On 28 September, 2018 on Nuclear Industry Employee Day at Rostov NPP (a branch of Rosenergoatom JSC, a part of Electric Power Division of Rosatom) one of this year’s key events for Russian nuclear power industry happened – the power unit No 4 with VVER-1000 reactor was put into commercial operation three months earlier the scheduled date.

Rosenergoatom: The last key documents confirming the completion of Rostov NPP 4th unit construction and its readiness for commercial operation have been signed
On 25 September, 2018, Viktor Katkov, the Head of the Don Interregional Administration for Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision (Rostekhnadzor), signed the Statement of Conformity (SOC) of the constructed power unit No 4 of Rostov NPP (Volgodonsk, a branch of Rosenergoatom JSC, a part of Rosatom’s Electric Power Division) with the requirements of technical regulations and project documentation. The KS-14 Form stating that the facility is fully completed and ready for operation was signed the day before.

The IAEA International Seminar on the Safety Culture and Leadership for Security has ended at Kalinin NPP
From 19 to 21 September, 2018, Kalinin NPP was hosting a training seminar of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the topic of the Basics of the Safety Culture (SC) and Leadership for Security

Experts of the Press Services of the Russian and the Finnish Nuclear Societies exchanged their experience in the field of communications at the site of Kola NPP
On 18-20 September, 2018, the press service representatives of Kola and Leningrad NPPs, the STUK and the TVO (Finland) met at Kola NPP site to share experience.