On May 17-20, the delegation from Temelin NPP (Czech Republic) represented by Director Milos Stepanovsky and Curator on Knowledge Management Radek Shool visited Rostov NPP within the framework of the agreement on the nuclear plants’ twinning arrangement.

Czech atomists attended the plant and its construction site, took part in a number of meetings devoted to the problems of the existing power units operation and construction of new ones.

One of the visit days, Czech atomists met with journalists. Sharing his impressions, Milos Stepanovsky noted: “I have visited many different plants in Germany, France and England, and I must say that Rostov nuclear plant looks very decent on their background. Judging all the parameters: production, safety, personnel qualification and responsibility - it is a very good plant. Besides, Rostov NPP is a very good-looking plant”.

The agreement of Rostov and Temelin NPPs twinning arrangement was signed in 2004. According to this document, Czech and Russian atomists annually attend their plants-twins. In the course of the visit they share their work experience, perform cooperate works on the equipment modernization, debugging and testing, and also take part in international scientific and practical conferences and seminars.

The atomists of Rostov and Temelin NPPs are linked with long years of partner relations. The scientific and technical collaboration of the plants-twins leads to the mutual enrichment of positive practices examples, among them in the questions of operation, organization of maintenance, safety culture, equipment modernization and technical documents management.