Plannedrefueling of the reactor BN-600 unit of the Beloyarsk NPP completed. Maintenance of the power unit equipment. In particular, the nextmajor overhaul of the generator №5 and average repair of the lowpressure turbine cylinder №6, as well as maintenance work on other equipment havebeen carried out.

"Thefrequency and volume of planned preventive repairs are regulated by themanufacturers of equipment and operational experience, - says the DeputyChief Engineer forrepairs Vladimir Zenica. - Hardware resources have been reduced to a level thatallows it to operate reliably until the next maintenance period ".

Scheduledworks are going according to the scheduleand will last until the end of May.

This day is particularly important for the NPPemployees. The Beloyarsk NPP was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner ofLabor 35 years ago. Decree on awarding on April29, 1980 was signed bythe Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet Leonid Brezhnev.

The BeloyarskNPP was awarded with the state award shortly after plugging the grid of theunique fast neutron reactor BN-600, by which Russia retains the worldleadership in the field of fast reactors.

The Beloyarsknuclear power plant is entered into work in April, 1964. It is the firstnuclear power plant in big nuclear power of the country, and unique withreactors of different types on one platform. The first power units of theBeloyarsk nuclear power plant with reactors on thermal neutrons of AMB-100 andAMB-200 are stopped in connection with resource development. In operation thereis the unique power unit in the world with the reactor on fast neutrons of anindustrial power level of BN-600. In the stage of construction there is a powerunit with the reactor on fast neutrons of BN-800. Power units on fast neutronsare urged to expand significantly fuel base of nuclear power and to minimizeradioactive waste at the expense of the organization of the closed nuclear andfuel cycle.

Currentinformation about a radiation situation near the nuclear power plant in Russiaand other objects of the nuclear industry is provided on a site www.russianatom.ru.