11.04.2011  Public Information Centre of Rostov NPP

A team of Volgodonsk newspaper journalists has visited Rostov NPP

On April 8, 2011, the team of the ТPravda Chto?У (Is it true that?) city newspaper had an information visit to the nuclear power plant within the framework of jubilee arrangements, dedicated to the 10-th anniversary of commissioning of the first Rostov NPP power unit.

Newspaper personnel, accompanied by Shift Foreman of the Plant Oleg Dudenkov, visited the turbine island and the unit control room of power unit No.2 and central control room and examined the construction site of power units Nos. 3 and 4.

Almost each member of the newspaper team has visited the nuclear power plant for the first time. Journalists were interested in the issues of ecological and process safety of production, equipment modernization and labor protection. The size of the enterprise and the level of corporate culture produced a great impression on them.

ТVisit to the nuclear power plant is an important event for us,У Р delegation member Elizabeth Ponomarev said. ТWe live near the NPP and should know everything about it in order to be confident in safety and reliability. To see with your own eyes - this is probably the most important element of acquaintance with such a facilityУ.

Throughout 2011, Rostov NPP will organize events, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the first power unit commissioning. They will engage city authorities, deputies, general public and mass media.

Rostov NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The nuclear power plant is located on the bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir 13.5 km far from Volgodonsk city. The plant operates two power units with VVER-1000 reactors with installed capacity of 1,000 MW. Power unit No.1 was put into commercial operation in 2001, power unit No. 2 Р in December of 2010.

Detailed and timely information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other objects of the nuclear industry is available in the site www.russianatom.ru.


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