According to the results of 2010, Smolensk NPP (Desnogorsk city of Smolensk region) was recognized to be the winner of the corporate contest “Best Russian NPP”. Balakovo NPP took the second prize and Kola NPP took the third one.

The winner was defined according to the indexes in the twelve major and nine additional fields of activity. First of all, the contest committee under the chairmanship of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC General Director Sergey Obozov estimated the reliability, steadiness and efficiency of the NPPs’ work, state of affairs in the field of labor safety, the condition of radiation and fire safety, the efficiency of technical service and the nuclear plants equipment repair. The finance and economic activity, physical protection system and work with personnel were also estimated.

The committee paid a special attention to each NPP readiness for operation during winter and autumn period, improvement of the operation and equipment reliability. Such important questions as public work and social policy, implemented by the enterprise, were not left without attention either. “The fact that the plant has been considered the best Russian NPP is the merit of all Smolensk NPP structural subdivisions and of each employee”, Smolensk NPP Director Andrey Petrov noted.