The WANO has completed the pre-launch partnership verification of the 7th power block at the Novovoronezh NPP
On December, 2018, the pre-launch partnership verification was completed at the Novovoronezh NPP to check if the 7th power block (power block No.2 at the Novovoronezh NPP-2) is fully ready for its initial physical start-up.

The 1st power block of the Leningrad NPP – the lead one in the RMBK-1000 series – has been stopped following 45 years of safe operation
On December 21, at 11:30 PM, following 45 years of safe operation, the 1st power block of the Leningrad nuclear power plant (an affiliate of the Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company, the Electric Power division of Rosatom) was fully stopped. This was the lead power block in the RBMK-1000 series and the first 1000 megawatt high-power reactor in the USSR.

Vladimir Pereguda, the director of the Leningrad NPP, told about the way the first power block of the RBMK-1000 would be taken out of service
On December 13-14, a meeting of the Rosatom Public Council that puts an emphasis on public relations in terms of nuclear power objects being taken out of service, took place at the Leningrad nuclear power plant.

Rosenergoatom: two Russian NPPs at once made it to the top three contestants of ‘The most environmentally friendly nuclear power organization of 2017’ competition
The Rosatom State Corporation has summed up the results of the annual competition ‘The most environmentally friendly nuclear power organization’.

The representatives of the leading German and Norwegian companies have visited the pilot shutdown demonstration facility
Visitors from Germany and Norway have come to the Pilot Shutdown Demonstration Facility (PSDF) (an affiliate company of the Rosenergoatom, Joint-Stock Company, a part of the Rosatom’s Electric Power division) to discuss some aspects of scientific and technological cooperation on shutting down nuclear power blocks.

Rosenergoatom receives awards from the Vernadsky Fund marking its achievements in the realm of environment protection
The Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company and its affiliate company, Kalinin NPP (city of Udomlya, a part of the Rosatom Electric Power division) were awarded the Vernadsky National Environment Protection prize for their contribution into the environment safety and became the winners of the 15th ‘Vernadsky National Environment Protection Prize’ competition.

The Rostov NPP: The experts of the World Association of Nuclear Operators have identified 6 best practices of the NPP’s operation
On December 14, 2018, a briefing partnership verification held by the World Association of Nuclear Operators was completed at the Rostov NPP.

The Novovoronezh NPP: local nuclear power experts are sharing their experience with the officials and media representatives of the Republic of Uzbekistan
December 14, 2018, marked the end of the visit to the Novovoronezh NPP and the nuclear power city for the officials and the media representatives from the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Egyptian scientists got acquainted with the training of nuclear specialists on example of Beloyarsk NPP
The delegation of Tanta University (Egypt) headed by the President of the University Magdi Abdul Raouf Sabaa visited the site of Beloyarsk NPP during the visit to Sverdlovsk Oblast.

The Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Rwanda learnt the advanced nuclear technologies of Novovoronezh NPP
Novovoronezh NPP (Rosenergoatom JSC branch) was visited by the Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Rwanda Claver Gatete.