27.11.2017  The Kalinin NPP Information and Public Relations Administration

Kalinin NPP received Rostekhnadzor’s license for the prolongation of operation period of power unit No 2 for 21 years

The Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) issued a license for Kalinin NPP to operate the power unit No 2 until 30 November, 2038. The duration of the new license is 21 years.

The investment project of the life extension of Kalinin NPP power unit No 2 was implemented in accordance with the state program of the Russian Federation “The development of nuclear energy industry complex” and “The program on life extension of the operating power units of Rosenergoatom Concern JSC NPPs for 2013-2023”.

“This is an important event for Kalinin NPP and the town, and one of the implemented steps for accomplishment of the task on provision of country’s energy safety set before the domestic nuclear power industry”, the Plant Manager of Kalinin NPP Viktor Ignatiev noted.

The accomplishment of the events set by “The program of preparation of Kalinin NPP power unit No 2 for the additional time of operation” has become an integral part of all repair campaigns starting from 2013.

For this period of time the modernization works of the equipment and systems were carried out according to the safety improving program for life extension: the complete modernization of the third barrier of the unit No 2, the change of electrical equipment complex of reactor control and protection system, the change of automatic control equipment of neutron flux, the change of turbine condenser, etc.

Due to the implementation of a number of events, today the power unit No 2 meets up-to-date international requirements. From the moment of the commissioning in 1986 it has generated more than 210 billion kWh of electric energy.

The Kalininskaya nuclear power plant is a branch of the JSC "Concern 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.

The up-to-date information on the nuclear environment close to the Russian NOOs and other nuclear objects is available at www.russianatom.ru

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