The prospects of another life extension for BN-600 up to 2040 were discussed at the Beloyarsk NPP
On June 21, 2019, a field industry meeting took place at the Beloyarsk NPP with the deputy chief engineers responsible for nuclear power plants’ engineering support and upgrade.

The commercial operation of the 4th power block at 104% capacity has begun at the Kalinin NPP
The 4th power block of the Kalinin NPP has been commissioned for commercial operation with the allowed capacity at 104% of the designated one.

The foundation concreting for the 2nd VVER-TOI power block’s reactor-auxiliary building has been completed at the Kursk NPP-2 ahead of schedule
On June 20, 2019, the foundation concreting for the 2nd VVER-TOI power block’s reactor-auxiliary building was completed at the Kursk NPP-2 construction site, which was 59 days ahead of schedule.

The foundation concreting at the VVER-TOI power block reactor building of the Kursk NPP-2 construction site completed ahead of schedule
The foundation concreting at the second power block reactor building, the governmental assignment on the most top-notch Russian VVER-TOI project, has been completed well ahead of schedule at the Kursk NPP-2 construction site.

The Beloyarsk NPP staff improves their expertise in safety culture following the world’s best practices
The WANO team has completed its support mission on the topic of ‘Safety culture evaluation and improvement’ at the Beloyarsk NPP.

The Kursk NPP: Danila Kozlovskiy, a famous film director, told about a new movie production during the media conference
On June 19, 2019, a media conference took place at the Information Department of the Kursk NPP involving Danila Kozlovskiy, a famous actor and film director in charge of making a fiction movie about the Chernobyl NPP accident.

The delivery of the ‘simulation zone’ for the 2nd VVER-1200 power block has started at the Leningrad NPP-2
The ‘simulation zone’ for the 2nd VVER-1200 power block is now being accepted at the Leningrad NPP-2 construction site. 83 out of 163 dummy assemblies have already been placed into the new plant’s new-fuel storage facility and are now undergoing acceptance control.

The Leningrad NPP-2: liquid release over the open reactor completed at the 2nd VVER-1200 power block
The liquid release over the open reactor has been successfully completed at the innovative 2nd VVER-1200 power block of the Leningrad NPP-2: the team has rinsed the pressurizer’s surge line, the pipelines for four emergency core cooling system’s accumulators, and the protective safety system’s pipelines.

Rosenergoatom: the residents of all NPP location areas support the advancement of nuclear power industry
ElaNCom, a research company, has presented the outcomes of a large-scale survey among the population of areas where all Russian NPPs are located (the subsidiaries of the Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company, Electric power division of the Rosatom State Corporation).

The Leningrad NPP-2: the construction of auxiliary buildings for the 2nd VVER-1200 power block’s reactor is on schedule
The construction of auxiliary buildings for the 2nd VVER-1200 power block’s reactor building at the Leningrad NPP-2 sticks to the plan: over a half of walls and floor structures of the dome containment have been reinforced and concreted