06.07.2016  Novovoronezh NPP Information and Public Relations Administration

The Novovoronezh NPP: over 200 people from seven regions in Russia will take part in the interregional student construction campaign

Over 200 people from seven Russian regions will take part in the interregional “Peaceful Atom 2016” student construction campaign. 13 construction brigades representing universities of the Voronezh, Kemerovo, Arkhangelsk, Orenburg, Tomsk, Kaluga, and Moscow regions have already arrived to the Novovoronezh NPP power blocks construction site. The event was officially launched on July 6, 2016.

When speaking to the students, Vladimir Povarov, the Novovoronezh NPP director, said: “The Novovoronezh construction site is a large-scale training base. I’m convinced you will be proud of being a part of the first innovative 3+ generation head block”.

For the next two months, the students will take care of fit-out, concrete, ventilation, and other activities, which will help them to both gain hands-on experience and to make a decision on their future careers.

“They work on a contract basis, with some perks. Each brigade has a coordinator representing the organization they work for”, said Vitaliy Polianin, the Vice President of NIAEP and the head of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 construction project.

He said that the guys will also compete between each other to be announced the best brigade of the “Peaceful Atom 2016” campaign. The competition will be based around their performance and the management activities.

It is important to mention that over 700 student construction brigade enthusiasts from 20 Russian regions have taken place in the new Novovoronezh NPP power blocks construction. In 2014, the project became the first All-Russian student construction site in the Central Federal District.

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 – 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 – in 1969, third – in 1971, fourth – 1972, fifth – 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.

Since June 2007 Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC has been involved into the construction of the two new-generation Novovoronezh NPP power generation plants based on the NPP-2006 project as the owner and the developer. The construction is carried out in accord-ance with the operational program of the national nuclear corporation ROSATOM enacted by the Government of the Russian Federation in the Resolution No. 705 dated September 20, 2008, and is funded at the expense of Rosenergoatom and the asset contribution. VVER-1200 reactor units will operate at the new LM NPP blocks.

The VVER-1200 RU project complies with all Russian and international security standards. Its main differentiator is the improved security system that makes the project’s security parameters second to none.

The up-to-date information on the nuclear environment close to the Russian NOOs and other nuclear objects is available at www.russianatom.ru


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