A Corporate Peer Review of World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) has been implemented at Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. It was held on April 9-22, 2011.

During this period four expert groups, comprised of WANO, Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC, EDF and IAEA representatives, personally visited 7 out of ten nuclear power plants in order to use some international experience and improve the activity of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC and its branches. In addition they held meetings and interviews with the authorities of Rosatom State Corporation and the Concern.

At the same time, an interview with representatives of the most distant-located plant – Bilibino NPP – was held in the form of a videoconference. During the preparatory stage, in autumn 2010, experts visited two nuclear power plants – Kalinin and Smolensk.

The activity of nuclear power plants and the Concern Central Office was inspected in five directions: corporate administration and management, corporate supervision and control and corporate engineering and technical support, human resources and communications.

According to Head of the expert team, Acting Senior Vice-President of EDF Production Department Jacques Regaldo, the inspection involved a lot of interviews with personnel of different levels. “During the inspection we’ve found a lot of strong points that would be useful not only for Russian nuclear power plants, but also for plants all around the world. We have also discussed several areas for possible improvements. In my opinion, Rosenergoatom is an organization that is constantly working for nuclear safety improvement,” Jacques Regaldo stressed.

The result of the Corporate Peer Review will be a final report, specifying aspects of Concern activities to be improved as well as best practices that may be offered other world operators of nuclear power plants. The official presentation of the report is scheduled for June 2011.