15.06.2012  Public Information Centre of Smolensk NPP

Smolensk NPP Holds Seminar “Experience of Introduction of Rosatom Production System”

From June 13 to 15 Smolensk NPP held a seminar “Experience of Introduction of Rosatom Production System” as part of the program of the international cooperation between Rosenergoatom Concern and National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine (GP NAEK Energoatom (Ukraine).  The participated in the seminar were the specialists of Smolensk NPP, GP NAEK Energoatom, JSC PSR and JSC Atomenergoremont.



The purpose of the visit of the Ukrainian colleagues-nuclear experts was studying the experience of introduction of Rosatom Production System principles at Smolensk nuclear power plant.

Opening the meeting, Project Manager of JSC PSR, Sergey Maksimov, stressed that the main task of the large-scale project realized in the nuclear industry of Russia was the integrated modernization of the production aimed at the competitive growth in the embracing market.

 “The principles of RPS, introduced in various fields of the production activities, inalterably lead to the increase in effectiveness and labour productivity, and various cost saving,” he noted. 

The specialists of Smolensk NPP shared the achieved success in RPS introduction at three pilot sites: renewal of fuel channels, turbine generator reparation and storage facilities.

 According to Deputy Chief Engineer of Smolensk NPP, Vitaly Aputin, realization of the production system at the maintenance areas has allowed reducing the terms of repair works, improving work-places of the staff, motivating employees to the high-quality performance of the professional duties and improvement of work processes. At the storage facilities, there is organized an efficient siting of material and technical resources, centralized goods delivery into shops of Smolensk NPP and external facilities, and at present there is also realized a program on reduction of stocks of materials and equipment.

Rosatom Production System (RPS) has been widely implemented at many enterprises of the nuclear industry. It is worked out with account of the well- known experience of the Japanese company Toyota Production System, and is based on the system “Kaizen” (continuous improvement) and method “Lean Production”. The system is focused on continuous improvement, including, of work-places, technologies, production and business processes. The ultimate total of it should be enhancement of efficiency of the work of the industry enterprises.   


Smolensk NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. Annually SNPP provides the country power system at an average of about 20 billion kWh of electrical power, which makes about 13% of energy produced by Rosenergoatom Concern and more than 80% produced by the power enterprises of the Smolensk Region.

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