The power unit №2 of the Kursk NPP was disconnected from the network by the application, agreed with the Joint Center for dispatching power systems and the operating organization JSC "Concern Rosenergoatom" on June 10, 2015 at 19:00 MSK

The power unit will be switched off for repair works on the thermal and mechanical equipment.

Unloading and stopping of the block was executed in accordance with the requirements of technological regulations and instructions.

The Kursk NPP has power units №№ 2, 3, 4 in work at the moment. They work with capacity, established by the dispatch schedule. The power unit №1 is in planned overhaul.

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.

State of power production at the Kursk NPP units and other nuclear power plants of the «Rosenergoatom Concern" is displayed on the site www.rosenergoatom.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. All existing power units had technical modernization in 1994-2009. The Kursk NPP is the largest power generating source in the Central Russian Chernozem.