A Corporate Peer Review, performed by the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) at all Russian nuclear power plants, was finished at Kola NPP on April 15, 2011.

The experts were headed by representative of London WANO Coordination Centre Jean-Marie Baggio. The Russian party was represented by Director of Bilibino NPP Farit Tukhvetov.

The aim of the inspection was to study the measures, developed by Rosenergoatom Concern and Kola NPP in particular in the field of corporate cooperation improvement, assurance of NPP safe and reliable operation and use of international experience in this sphere.

There were inspected five directions of Kola NPP activity: corporate administration and management, corporate supervision and control, corporate engineering and technical support, human resources and communications. WANO experts visited production facilities as well as interviewed senior and middle managers and plant specialists.

During the inspection, experts noted some examples of good utility practices, existing and used at Kola nuclear power plant.

“The plant has done a great job in the field of security systems’ modernization,” Jean-Marie Baggio said. “The major progress of the enterprise lies in the sphere of liquid radioactive waste treatment as it has successfully solved the problem of their disposal”.

According to the peer review team, this experience can be successfully used at other Russian and foreign nuclear power plants.

The results of expert work at Kola NPP will be used to prepare the final report of the Corporate Peer Review, which will specify areas for improvement and good utility practices in the activity of Russian NPPs and will be handed over to the management of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC in June 2011.