On July 23, 2016, in the city of Sosnovy Bor, Sergey Kirienko, the CEO of the Rosatom Corporation, and Alexander Drozdenko, the Leningrad Region governor, have signed a cooperation agreement.

The document was executed during the joint working visit of the Russian State Duma of the Federal Assembly’s Chairman Sergey Naryshkin, the Leningrad Region governor Alexander Drozdenko, the head of the Rosatom Corporation Sergey Kirienko, and the Rosenergoatom Concern CEO Andrey Petrov to the Leningrad NPP and to Sosnovy Bor.

This agreement has summarized the long-lasting cooperation between the nuclear power industry and the Leningrad Region administration.

Pursuant to the document, the parties will foster investment and social projects implementation in the Leningrad Region, along with educational staff training programs, including those for the blue-collar jobs. The agreement also sets several measures to advance social, economic, and infrastructure development of the Leningrad Region’s Sosnovoborsky urban district, along with the steps needed to improve the environmental and the radiation protection for the population and the facilities.


During the signing ceremony taking place at the Sosnovoborsky urban district administration building, Sergey Kirienko noted that the Rosatom Corporation companies, such as the Leningrad NPP, the Alexandrov NITI, and the RosRAO are the main centers of the regional social and economic development. “Since its very inception, the nuclear power industry has given impetus for industrial development and has catered for our national security”, said Sergey Naryshkin, the Russian State Duma’s Chairman. “Today, the planned equipment substitution at the Leningrad NPP’s operating power block and the construction of the new ones act as evidence of the modern nuclear power industry advancement. When moving forward to our strategic goals, we also need to keep in mind the social aspect. This agreement will lay the ground for making the life and the working conditions of the Sosnovy Bor and the Leningrad Region population better”.

Alexandr Drozdenko, the Leningrad Region governor, said that the additional incomes derived from the agreement will be allocated to the projects topical for Sosnovy Bor and the region in general, such as construction of a new volleyball center, establishment of a city museum and other cultural and educational facilities, along with the housing and utility sector development. Mr. Drozdenko stressed that there are lots of opportunities for constructing a new road to connect Sosnovy Bor with Saint Petersburg.

“These territories need a solid economic foundation to fill the budget, to create employment, and to establish the proper environment. Sosnovy Bor is one of the first places in the Leningrad Region deserving comprehensive improvements as a part of the regional development strategy valid until 2030. That is why the agreement with Rosatom is so important for us”, he added.

“The agreement reflects the parties’ interests as much as possible. The Rosatom companies invest a lot into manufacturing, employment, and social aspects”, said Sergey Kirienko, the Rosatom CEO. “The investments into the operating Leningrad NPP power blocks have allowed us to save power generation in the region and to synchronize the upcoming RBMK power blocks’ removal from operations with the new power blocks’ launch. The nuclear power companies are the major taxpayers in the region. Last year, the registered consolidated taxpayers’ group of NITI and the Leningrad NPP accounted for over 2 billion rubles of tax liabilities into the Leningrad Region budget”.

“I believe this document is very important”, said Andrey Petrov, the Rosenergoatom CEO. “As of now, one of the biggest Russia nuclear power station operates in Sosnovy Bor, with substitution capacities being constructed and a VVER-1200 power block based on an evolutionary NPP-2006 project is getting ready for launch. The upcoming RBMK-1000 first block’s removal from operation will motivate new research and development solutions, which will also result in new employment opportunities”.

He said that the infrastructure investment is also a notable aspect of the Rosenergoatom Concern’s social responsibility. The Concern’s investment programs normally include social and infrastructure facilities’ construction. In 2015, the Rosenergoatom Concern’s additional tax liabilities into its presence areas accounted for over 11.7 billion rubles, 1.26 billion rubles of them allocated for municipal entities (compared to 1.22 billion rubles in 2014).

“This document will help us solve the issues of the NPP’s development jointly with the Sosnovy Bor administration and the regional government, as well as to ensure the nuclear city is a good place to live”, said Vladimir Pereguda, the Leningrad NPP director.

During the visit, the honorary guests have held several meetings with the general contractor at the 1st power block’s construction area and have reviewed the results of the spill over an open reactor, which started on July 13th.
After the official events, the guests have paid a visit to the 3rd industrial amateur songs festival “Uranium-235” taking place at the Leningrad NPP Chayka resort.

The Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC comprises all 10 nuclear power plants in Russia bearing the Concern affiliate status, as well as the enterprises catering for the generating company’s operations. There are 35 power blocks being used at the 10 nuclear power plants: 18 of them having VVER-type reactor units (12 VVER-1000 power blocks and 6 VVER-440 blocks of different modifications); 15 of them having channel-type reactors (11 power blocks with RBMK-1000 reactors and 4 blocks with EGP-6 reactors); 2 power blocks with BN-600 and BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactors.

At the moment, the Rosenergoatom NPPs account for 18.6% of the whole electricity output in the country.


Information and Public Relations Administration Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC.