Bilibino NPPP

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21 April 2011
Press-tour and public inspection have been completed at Bilibino NPP
A press-tour and public inspection, which involved representatives of public organizations and mass media, were held at Bilibino NPP (Bilibino city, CAD).

18 April 2011
Bilibino NPP: power unit No. 2 has been shut down for a scheduled repair
On April 16, 2011 at 00:43 (local time) power unit No. 2 of Bilibino NPP was shutdown for 60 days for midlife scheduled repair. During this period the scheduled operations on the NPP equipment and systems repair will be carried out.

5 April 2011
The Collective Agreement for 2011 has been approved at Bilibino NPP
The Collective Agreement for 2011 has been approved at Bilibino NPP. In the course of reporting conference of the work collective, which was held on April 1, the participants unanimously adopted a decision to prolong the term of the BNPP Collective Agreement with the amendments introduced by joint decisions of the administration and trade union committee in 2010-2011.

1 April 2011
Bilibino NPP: 15.271 mln kWh of electric power were generated in March
In March of 2011, Bilibino NPP power units generated 15.271 mln kWh of electric power. The utilization factor of maximum capacity amounted to 42.76 %.

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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.