28.01.2011 12:47  Public Information Centre of Kalinin NPP

Kalinin NPP: results of the creative, scientific and educational projects are summarized

The results of the scientific and educational project “I Study the World. My First Step On the Way to the Science” and the children creative contest “Kalinin NPP Kind-Hearted Atom” have been summarized at Kalinin NPP. The winners have received their awards. The conclusion events took place in Public Information Centre of KNPP January 26-27, 2011.


The scientific and educational project “I Study the World. My First Step to the Science” was organized for the second year for 2-9 grade schoolchildren of Udomlya nuclear plant satellite city. The schoolchildren together with their teachers and supervisors were offered to prepare competition works and defense them during a public presentation. The list of questions to study included history of the industry development, the peaceful atom significance in the modern world, the destinies and inheritance of the people who gave it all their efforts to lay the foundation of native nuclear industry and owing to whom the industry is developing now. 


Despite the fact that the project “I Study the World. My First Step to the Science” is very young, the quantity of those eager to participate in 2010 exceeded 50 people. The public project defense took place in the end of the year 2010, and in January the best project authors of different age divisions were determined. 


The children creative contest “Kalinin NPP Kind-Hearted Atom” united over 200 people. Among them there are pupils of Udomlya city and Udomlya region kindergartens, Sunday school at Prince Vladimir Cathedral (Udomlya city), Udomlya orphan asylum, correction boarding school of Gorodishe. Kalinin NPP has good relations with all the establishments named.

The contest winners and participants, children’s teachers and mentors were awarded presents, diplomas and grateful letters from Kalinin NPP.


Scientific, educational and creative project for the children of school and pre-school age is a part of full-scale professionally guidance and educational program realized at Kalinin nuclear plant in course of many years. Besides the competitions there are Public Information Centre and the nuclear plant excursions, meetings with KNPP specialists and veterans, videos on the topic of nuclear topic, conducting class hours and thematic lessons also included into the program.

Kalinin NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is situated in the north of Tver region in Udomlya district. Kalinin nuclear power plant comprises three operating power units with pressurized water reactors (VVER-1000) of 1,000 mW capacity each. Power unit No. 4 is under construction now and is to be commissioned in 2011.

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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