Bilibino NPPP

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16 June 2011
Bilibino NPP: on June 17, power unit No. 4 will be put into major scheduled preventive repair
On June 17, power unit No. 4 of Bilibino NPP will be transferred from “cold reserve” into major scheduled preventive repair.

23 May 2011
Bilibino atomists have celebrated the 110th anniversary of famous scientist J. A. Bilibin’s birthday
May 19, 2011 was the 110th anniversary of the birthday of the famous scientist – geologist Yury A. Bilibin. Owing to his discoveries in the field of gold mining, nuclear branch began its development in Chukotka.

3 May 2011
The World Day of Occupational Safety and Health at Bilibino NPP
The World Day of Occupational Safety and Health, devoted to the memory of victims of industrial accidents, is annually celebrated under the aegis of the World Labor Association on April 28.

28 April 2011
A group of members of the Council of Heads of Bilibino Municipal District municipal entities visited Bilibino NPP
On April 27, 2011, a group of members of the Council of Heads of Bilibino Municipal District municipal entities visited Bilibino NPP. Authorized Head of municipal entities of Bilibino Municipal District, Heads of Bilibino urban settlement, villages – Omolon, Anuysk, Ilirney, Ostrovnoye – were included into the working group.

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Bilibino NPP is located in the Chukotka Autonomous District.

Bilibino NPP is 3.5 km far from Bilibino city. Within the distance of 28 km, there is Keperveem airport. At a 378-km distance from Bilibino NPP, there is Pevek City, the centre of Chaun district of Chukotka Autonomous District. At a distance of 286 km there is Zelyony Mys port (Chersky) – the district centre of Sakha Republic (Yakutia).

The state boarders closest to Bilibino NPP are the boarders between the Russian Federation (Chukotka Autonomous District) and the USA.

The district administrative centre is Bilibino city, connected by ice roads with Pevek and Zelyony Mys ports and of 378 and 286 km long respectively.

Bilibino NPP is a central link in Chaun-Bilibino power center and is connected by VL-110 kW with Chaun TPP (Pevek City) and Chersky electric power substation (Zelyony Mys settlement). Apart from these VLs, there is a network of VL-35 kW that provides power supply to the local consumers.

The source of Bilibino NPP economic drinking and technical water supply is the reservoir on Bolshoi Ponneurgen stream, locating three kilometers to the east from the industrial site. The reservoir provides the water supply of the industrial site, Bilibino city and other NPP objects, and is held by a ground dam.

The most of the population is concentrated in cities and settlements. Tundra and forest-tundra are extremely rare inhabited, mounting districts are deserted. The majority of the city population centers of the districts are connected with the mountain industry.

Natural population growth in the district depends on social and demographic conditions. In summer period, there is large population migration to the country central parts observed.

The nuclear plant works in isolated Chaun-Bilibino power center of a branch of Chukotenergo, an open joint-stock company of power and electrification. Also in the power distribution panel there is Chaun TPP (nominal electric capacity is 34.5 MW) included. VL 110 kW is a backbone transmission line. The lines total long is about 800 km.

Bilibino NPP construction was started in 1966. The first power unit with EGP-6 reactor was put to the power level of capacity on 12.01.1974.

Taking into account the normative requirements to NPPs safety, since the second part of the 80s, Bilibino NPP implements the principle of continuous gradual safety improvement due to modernization.

Engineering and technical modernization strategy is based on analysis of Bilibino NPP power unit compliance with the requirements of modern normative documents on safety, safety probabilistic analyses and operation experience analysis. At the modernization engineering, IAEA recommendations and international experience of conducting works on the operating NPPs safety improvement were considered.

In the period from 2003 to 2006, a large volume of works on the current safety level and modernization estimation and the equipment renewal within the framework of safe NPP operation period prolongation was carried on. According to the accomplished work results, the decisions on each power unit service period prolongation by 15 years over the engineering one were taken, and Rostehknadzor, in accordance with established order, issued the licenses for the power units operation during the additional operation period.