The power unit №1 of the Kursk NPP routinely will be reduced by 50% April 29, 2014.

The power unit will be unloaded in accordance with the technological regulations and instructions for complex testing of the reactor cooling system (RCS).

Reducing of the power unit №1 capacity has been provided by the schedule of load carrying and agreed with the JSC "Concern Rosenergoatom" and the system operator.

As of April 28, there are power units №№ 1, 3, 4 in work at the Kursk NPP. They work on capacity established by the dispatch schedule. Power unit №2 has been in a planned overhaul since March 15 this year.

The radiation background is at level, that corresponds to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed natural background values, at the Kursk NPP and in the area of its location.

Updated information about the radiation environment near Russian NPPs and other nuclear facilities is provided on site www.russianatom.ru.

The Kursk NPP, as part of the «Rosenergoatom Concern», is included into the electricity division of the State Corporation "Rosatom". The station is located 40 km south-west of the city Kursk on the left bank of Seym. The NPP has four operating units with RBMK RBMK-1000 reactors with total capacity of 4 million KW of electricity. Power units were connected to the unified energy system of the country in 1976, 1979, 1983 and 1985.