19.05.2011 09:21  Public Information Centre of Kursk NPP

Kursk NPP: there was a meeting of atomic scientist with representatives of the “Union of women of Russia”

In the Public Information Centre of Kursk NPP heads and experts of the NPP have met the representatives of the Kursk branch of public organization “Union of women of Russia”. The event was held on May 18, within the framework of the education and social policy conference with participation of the heads of more than 20 districts of the Kursk Region and mass media. 


The meeting was welcomed by Director of the Kursk NPP Nikolay Sorokin. He offered to attention of the participants a presentation devoted to the aspects of safety of the Kursk NPP. The visitors of the Public Information Centre get acquainted with the history of atomic engineering development, Kursk NPP and the city of atomic scientist named after Kurchatov in Center museum exposition of the exhibition. Here the participants of the conference could see the openness of the nuclear branch and learn a lot of helpful information on the safe and reliable work of the largest power enterprise in the Central Chernozem region - Kursk NPP. 


During the work of the conference which was held in the bright and creative form, the representatives of the “Union of women of Russia” could get acquainted with activity of the children's educational institutions of the city of atomic scientist named after Kurchatov. The participants enjoyed the concert of young performer and creative collectives of the city. As was noted by Galina Okorokova Chairman of the Kursk branch of the “Union of women of Russia”, member of The Public Chamber of the Russian Federation fine conditions for education and development of children and youth are created in the city of Kurchatov. “Big role here, certainly, belongs to the Kursk NPP - township-forming enterprise”, - she underlined.

At present Kursk NPP operates power units Nos. 1, 3 and 4. They work at the capacity set by the dispatch schedule. Power unit No. 2 is under scheduled major repair.


The radiation background at Kursk NPP and in the adjacent territory corresponds to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed the natural environmental values.


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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