The Board of the Concern "Rosenergoatom" confirmed the readiness of equipment and major systems of the Novovoronezh NPP for operation in the autumn-winter peak loads.
 
The audit has been conducted for five days from 19 to 23 October 2015.

The experts visited about ten major divisions of the plant, inspected workplaces and equipment in service areas, territories, buildings and structures of the NPP, documentation, conducted interviews with the staff. The Committee has evaluated the results of the emergency management training so-called beyond design basis accidents, which took place at the company a week earlier.

"Despite difficult period for the Novovoronezh NPP, more duties for the staff connected with the star-up of the 6th power and preparation for the mission OSART, the company has fulfilled all the conditions to prepare for the autumn-winter period", - commented on the results of inspection the Committee Chairman, Chief technology officer of the Department for Control Security and production of the "Rosenergoatom" Alexander Kornyushkin.

Test of readiness for the AWP is held annually at all Russian nuclear power plants in order to ensure reliable and uninterrupted operation of nuclear power plants in the conditions of the autumn-winter peak loads.

The Novovoronezh nuclear power plant is a branch of the JSC "Concern Rosenergoatom". The station is located on the bank of the Don River in 42 km to the south of Voronezh. It is the Russia's first nuclear power plant with VVER reactors (water-to-water power reactors of case type with regular water under pressure). Each of five reactors of the station can be a main one Р a prototype of serial power reactors: the power unit No. 1 with the VVER-210 reactor, the power unit No. 2 with the VVER-365 reactor, the No. 3, 4 power units with the VVER-440 reactors, the power unit No. 5 with the VVER-1000 reactor. The first power unit was launched in 1964, the second Р in 1969, third Р in 1971, fourth Р 1972, fifth Р 1979. There are three power units (power units No.1, 2 were stopped in 1984 and 1990 respectively) in work at the moment.

The new innovative power units with capacity 1200 MW have been constructed at the construction site of the Novovoronezh NPP since 2007.