109835.2From June 30 to July 1, 2021 at the Novovoronezh NPP (a branch of Rosenergoatom, part of the Electric Power Division of Rosatom), there will be large-scale emergency response drills (ERD).

The exercises will be attended by managers and employees of the Novovoronezh NPP, the group for providing emergency assistance to nuclear power plants of the Rosenergoatom, the forces and means of the Emergencies Ministry, FMBA of Russia, crisis management centers of Rosatom and other technical support centers – about 20 organizations in total.

Drills will take place simultaneously at two sites – in Moscow, in the Rosenergoatom Crisis Center and directly on the territory of the Novovoronezh NPP, some organizations will be connected remotely to ensure sanitary requirements in connection with the pandemic.

Safety is an unconditional priority of the nuclear industry, so comprehensive emergency response drills with an emergency visit of representatives of various services are held annually at one of the nuclear power plants. Such events allow maintaining the readiness of atomic scientists to take prompt action to prevent and eliminate emergency situations at a high level.

“During the exercises, emergency response skills will be practiced. Operational personnel will be trained on full-scale simulators that allow simulating almost any crisis situation at a nuclear power plant. Besides, it is planned to deploy fire brigades and other emergency equipment, conduct radiation reconnaissance, extinguish a simulated fire, alert and evacuate personnel and other actions necessary according to the scenario of the exercises," said Andrey Dementyev, NPP management and operation director of Rosenergoatom.

“The upcoming exercises will be training not only for the entire staff of the Novovoronezh NPP, but also for the interdepartmental organizations that participate in the ERD,” commented Vladimir Povarov, director of the Novovoronezh NPP.

Power units of the Novovoronezh NPP will operate normally during the drills. There will be no interference with their operation.

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The Novovoronezh NPP meets 90% of the needs of the Voronezh region in electricity and heat, supplying electricity to over 20 large enterprises and more than 2.3 million residents of the region. Since 2007, the construction of two power units – No. 6 and No. 7 of the new generation "3+" with a VVER-1200 reactor plant has been carried out at the NV NPP site. On February 27, 2017, power unit No. 1 of Novovoronezh NPP-2 (unit No. 6 of NV NPP) was put into operation, and on October 31, 2019, power unit No. 2 of Novovoronezh NPP-2 (unit No. 7 of NVNPP) was brought into service.

* NPPER team (nuclear power plant emergency response team) is an interdepartmental structure designed to provide assistance and support to operating nuclear power plants in the event of a crisis.

** The Rosenergoatom Crisis Center (CC) is the central link of the Concern's emergency response system and the basis for prompt reception, processing and transmission of information, providing emergency assistance to nuclear power plants in case of emergencies. Today it is one of the largest in Europe and the world. Its methods of work and the complex of information systems that are used to receive, process and relay data from nuclear power plants are currently becoming a model for many foreign analogues. The main task of the center is to ensure emergency preparedness of Rosenergoatom and the NPPER team. The CC employees provide information about the emergency situation, measures taken at the NPP to eliminate it, activate workplaces with the necessary communication facilities and software and hardware.