15.03.2011 09:50
Public Information Centre of Kursk NPP
Kursk NPP: Turbine Generator No. 8 Has Been Connected to the Grid after Repair
On March 14, 2011, at 18:13 turbine generator No. 8 of Kursk NPP power unit No. 4 was connected to the grid after repair.
Commissioning was performed in accordance with the requirements of safe operation technologic regulations.
At present, Kursk NPP operates four power units. They are operating at the nominal capacity due to the dispatch schedule. No violations of limits and conditions of safe operation of Kursk NPP power units were registered.
The radiation background at the plant and in the adjacent territory corresponds to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed the natural environmental values.
Kursk NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is located on the left bank of the Seym River, 40 kilometers to the south-west of Kursk city. The NPP operates four power units with pressurized-tube reactors with total capacity of 4 million KW. The power units were connected to the united energy system of the country in 1976-1985. Kursk NPP is the largest power generating source in the Central Black Earth Belt.
Timely information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other objects of the nuclear industry is g available in the site www.russianatom.ru.
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