The Leningrad NPP has just completed one of the key events in any nuclear power station construction: the 110/10 kW sub-station equipment has been energized. The latter was announced during the daily briefing held by the Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC director Andrey Petrov.

As Andrey Morozov, the head of the electricity workshop at the Leningrad NPP under construction has noted, they have temporarily used the 6/10 kW sub-station to organize electricity supply to the 10 kW and 0.4 kW project section of the new power block No.1.

“Energizing the 110/10 kW sub-station marks that the power block is somehow ready for being launched. Placing this facility into operation is a way to deliver the designed voltage to the 10 kW and 0.4 kW sections, to guarantee reliable electrical power supply in-house, and to give way to the full-scale pre-commissioning activities and equipment tests. The sub-station is automated, so no permanent staff is needed to service it”, Mr. Morozov said.

The Leningrad NPP is an affiliate company for Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is based in the city of Sosnovy Bor, 40 km to the west from Saint Petersburg at the Gulf of Finland shore. The Leningrad NPP is the first Russian nuclear power plant having RBMK-1000 reactors (uranium-graphite channel-type thermal neutron reactors). The NPP exploits 4 power blocks with the electric capacity of 1000 megawatt each. Also, pursuant to the NPP-2006 project, 1,2 VVER-1200 power blocks included into The State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM long-term plan are being constructed. Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC is the owner and developer of the project. Holding TITAN-2 is the primary contractor. ATOMPROEKT is the general designer.

The Leningrad NPP Information and Public Relations Administration.