01.03.2011  Public Information Centre of Novovoronezh NPP

Novovoronezh NPP: February schedule of electric power production has been fulfilled by 128.16%

In February 2011, Novovoronezh NPP power units produced 567.7 M kWh of electric power. The schedule of electric power production approved by Federal Tariff Service of Russia was fulfilled by 128.16%. In February, it was released 515.4 M kWh of electric power or 132.49% of the planned value to the power system.

The utilization factor of maximum capacity in February was equal to 46.07% (the schedule was 35.94%).

Upon the whole, since the beginning of 2011, NVNPP produced 1,171.7 M kWh of electric power, or 123.86% of the FTS plan target. For the two months, 1,062.9 M kWh, or 127.91% of the plan, was released to the power system. The utilization factor of maximum capacity for the two months was equal to 45.12% (the planned one Р 36.43%).

In February, power units Nos. 3 and 4 of Novovoronezh NPP operated in normal mode. Power unit No.5 was shut down for the preventive repair works to prolong its operation.

No violations of limits and conditions of safe operation of Novovoronezh NPP power units were registered. The radiation background in the area of the nuclear plant location and in the adjacent territory does not exceed the set standards of power units operation and corresponds to the natural environmental values.

Novovoronezh NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is situated on the bank of the Don River, 42 km to the south of Voronezh. This is the first Russian NPP with VVER-type reactors (pressurized water reactors of the vessel type using light pressurized water). Each of the five plant reactors is the main one Р a prototype of serial power-producing reactors: power unit No. 1 with the VVER-210 reactor, power unit No. 2 with the VVER-365 reactor, power units Nos. 3, 4 with the VVER-440 reactors and power unit No. 5 with the VVER-1000 reactor. 

At present three power units are in operation (power units Nos. 1, 2 were shut down in 1988 and in 1990 respectively).

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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