04.04.2011 16:06  Public Information Centre of Balakovo NPP

Balakovo NPP: the March plan for electric power generation has been fulfilled by 120 %

The Balakovo NPP has executed a planned target of March ин 120 %. In March еру power units of the NPP generated 3 087 741.168 thousand kilowatt-hour of electric power.


Installed capacity utilization factor (ICUF) in March amounted to 103.89 %.


Now there are four power units operational at the Balakovo NPP. 


The radiation background in the area of the nuclear power plant location and in the adjacent territory corresponds to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed the natural background values. 


Balakovo NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is located on the left bank of the Saratov Reservoir, 10 kilometers to the north-east of Balakovo city, Saratov region. The NPP has four power units with updated VVER-1000 reactors (B-320 modification). Each reactor has installed electric capacity of 1,000 MW. The first power unit was commissioned in 1985, the second – in 1987, the third – in 1988, and the forth one – in 1994. Balakovo NPP is one of the largest and advanced Russian energy enterprises, it provides a quarter of electric power production in Volga federal district. It regularly supplies energy for the Central region, Volga region, Ural and Siberia.

Timely information about operation of the plant is available twenty four hours by answering machine of the Public Information Centre of Balakovo NPP (8453) 62-22-20.


Timely information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other objects of the nuclear industry is available in the site www.russianatom.ru.


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