01 June 2004 08:56
LENINGRAD NPP TO RESTART FIRST GENERATING UNIT ON AUGUST 1
ST. PETERSBURG. June 1 (Interfax) - The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant will restart its first generating unit on
August 1, 2004, the plant's press department told Interfax.
"Upgrades at the first generating unit should be completed by August 1. The upgrade was implemented step-by-step
since 1989, and the plant will have received a license from Gosatomnadzor [the state nuclear watchdog] on extending its
operating life," a plant representative said.
"The first unit currently meets acceptable norms of radiation
safety and the condition of the equipment will allow the unit's
The license will be valid 3-5 years with the possibility of extending it.
The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has four generating units with a
RBMK-1000 graphite-moderated reactor with a total capacity of 4
gigawatts currently in operation. The nuclear power plant has
operating life to be extended by 15 years," the representative said.
The nuclear power plant's first generating unit with a RBMK-1000 graphite-moderated reactor was put into
operation more than 30 years ago. It was the first large serial nuclear generating unit in the Soviet Union's
nuclear energy sector.
The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's first unit is currently undergoing scheduled repairs. Three generating units
are working with a total capacity of 2,546 gigawatts. Radioactivity in and around the plant is at accepted norms and
does not pose a threat to the environment.
Rosenergoatom branch status.
[Interfax] |
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