12.05.2016
Kolsk NPP Information and Public Relations Administration
The Kolsk NPP: the nuclear power industry plays a key role in maintaining the Murmansk region’s power balance
The Kolsk NPP is ready to cater for the national interests in the Russian Arctic region, as Vasiliy Omelchuk, the NPP’s director, has stated during his speech on May 12th during the plenary meeting of the 9th Regional public forum “Nuclear power in the Arctic Region: environmental protection and security”.
“The Kolsk NPP is the basic producer of the electric power in the Arctic Circle, and it complies with all relevant standards and rules on using nuclear power”, said Vasiliy Omelchuk. “It is getting more and more secure thanks to the equipment and the buildings being updated on a regular basis”.
In 2015, the enterprise has launched over 100 programs on safety promotions, with the total costs of around 28 million dollars. Totally, since 1997, the company has implemented over 1500 schemes resulting in almost one billion dollars’ investment.
“As a result of the safety verifications carried out by the operating company and the supervisory bodies, the plant was rated high”, said the NPP’s director. “International organizations, such as the World Association of Nuclear Operators and the International Atomic Energy Agency, have also appraised the station”.
“Extending the Kolsk NPP power blocks’ lifespan up to 50-60 years is pretty much in line with the global practice”, Vasiliy Omelchuk stated. “The Finnish Loviisa NPP has been operating the VVER-440 reactors similar to those installed at the Kolsk NPP since 1977. The NPP’s life span has been set to 50 years, with the station being one of the most secure and efficient ones in the world”.
The Kolsk NPP first-order power blocks’ life span expires in 2018 and 2019, so to maintain the Murmansk region’s power safety, the Rosenergoatom Concern has started to prepare its life span extension in advance. Rostechnadzor has given positive audit findings. The Kolsk NPP power blocks’ lifespan extension is also supported by the Murmansk region and the Republic of Karelia governments, and the Murmansk region power supply working group headed by the first deputy minister of energy of Russia.
“The Murmansk region government, Rosatom and Rosenergoatom have been working together and demonstrating effective partnership”, stressed Evgeniy Nikora. “That’s the only way to save the potential of electric power supply in the Kolsk energy system, to foster the regional power safety, and to ensure further development of the Russian Arctic region”.
New mechanisms fostering new businesses’ establishment and development and promoting the region’s investment appeal are to be introduced jointly with the government. Evgeniy Nikora, the deputy governor of the Murmansk region, has noted that the Kolsk NPP makes the region more attractive for the investors because of the current price for electric power, which is the lowest one in Europe at the moment.
“We have already started working on the investment project to extend the first power block’s life span”, said the Kolsk NPP director. “In April, we have initiated additional security systems’ construction for the first power block”.
The measures aimed at expanding the power block No.2 life span have been included in the Rosenergoatom’s investment program for 2017-2019, which is to be approved by the Russian Ministry of Energy by December 2016.
According to Vasiliy Omelchuk, construction of the Kolsk NPP-2 replacement capacities might start after 2025 depending on how quickly the manufacturing grows and how high the power consumption level is. At the moment, the power block with mid-capacity (600 megawatts) reactor assembly is at the pre-design stage, and it might be erected in the Murmansk region based on the Kolsk energy system peculiarities. This power block will set the benchmark for a number of projects all over the world.
The Kolsk NPP is an affiliate of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC and is based 200 km to the south from the city of Murmansk, at the Imandra lakeside. The plant produces around 60% of the Murmansk Region electric power. It has 4 operational power blocks with VVER-type reactors, each of them having capacity of 440 megawatt. The Kolsk NPP supplies electric power to the Murmansk Region and Karelia.
The up-to-date information on the nuclear environment close to the Russian NOOs and other nuclear objects is available at www.russianatom.ru
Kolsk NPP Information and Public Relations Administration.
“The Kolsk NPP is the basic producer of the electric power in the Arctic Circle, and it complies with all relevant standards and rules on using nuclear power”, said Vasiliy Omelchuk. “It is getting more and more secure thanks to the equipment and the buildings being updated on a regular basis”.
In 2015, the enterprise has launched over 100 programs on safety promotions, with the total costs of around 28 million dollars. Totally, since 1997, the company has implemented over 1500 schemes resulting in almost one billion dollars’ investment.
“As a result of the safety verifications carried out by the operating company and the supervisory bodies, the plant was rated high”, said the NPP’s director. “International organizations, such as the World Association of Nuclear Operators and the International Atomic Energy Agency, have also appraised the station”.
“Extending the Kolsk NPP power blocks’ lifespan up to 50-60 years is pretty much in line with the global practice”, Vasiliy Omelchuk stated. “The Finnish Loviisa NPP has been operating the VVER-440 reactors similar to those installed at the Kolsk NPP since 1977. The NPP’s life span has been set to 50 years, with the station being one of the most secure and efficient ones in the world”.
The Kolsk NPP first-order power blocks’ life span expires in 2018 and 2019, so to maintain the Murmansk region’s power safety, the Rosenergoatom Concern has started to prepare its life span extension in advance. Rostechnadzor has given positive audit findings. The Kolsk NPP power blocks’ lifespan extension is also supported by the Murmansk region and the Republic of Karelia governments, and the Murmansk region power supply working group headed by the first deputy minister of energy of Russia.
“The Murmansk region government, Rosatom and Rosenergoatom have been working together and demonstrating effective partnership”, stressed Evgeniy Nikora. “That’s the only way to save the potential of electric power supply in the Kolsk energy system, to foster the regional power safety, and to ensure further development of the Russian Arctic region”.
New mechanisms fostering new businesses’ establishment and development and promoting the region’s investment appeal are to be introduced jointly with the government. Evgeniy Nikora, the deputy governor of the Murmansk region, has noted that the Kolsk NPP makes the region more attractive for the investors because of the current price for electric power, which is the lowest one in Europe at the moment.
“We have already started working on the investment project to extend the first power block’s life span”, said the Kolsk NPP director. “In April, we have initiated additional security systems’ construction for the first power block”.
The measures aimed at expanding the power block No.2 life span have been included in the Rosenergoatom’s investment program for 2017-2019, which is to be approved by the Russian Ministry of Energy by December 2016.
According to Vasiliy Omelchuk, construction of the Kolsk NPP-2 replacement capacities might start after 2025 depending on how quickly the manufacturing grows and how high the power consumption level is. At the moment, the power block with mid-capacity (600 megawatts) reactor assembly is at the pre-design stage, and it might be erected in the Murmansk region based on the Kolsk energy system peculiarities. This power block will set the benchmark for a number of projects all over the world.
The Kolsk NPP is an affiliate of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC and is based 200 km to the south from the city of Murmansk, at the Imandra lakeside. The plant produces around 60% of the Murmansk Region electric power. It has 4 operational power blocks with VVER-type reactors, each of them having capacity of 440 megawatt. The Kolsk NPP supplies electric power to the Murmansk Region and Karelia.
The up-to-date information on the nuclear environment close to the Russian NOOs and other nuclear objects is available at www.russianatom.ru
Kolsk NPP Information and Public Relations Administration.
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