The turbine generator № 7 (TG-7) will be switched off during preparation of the power unit №4 for the planned medium repairs on August 30, 2015 at the Kursk NPP.

In accordance with the schedule of the repair campaign during this year, the power unit №4 will be shut down on September 1. It is planned to perform average amount of maintenance and repair and preparatory works to extend service life at the power unit at the power unit №4.

As of August 28 the Kursk NPP has power units №№ 1, 2, 3, 4 in work at the moment. They work with capacity, established by the dispatch schedule.

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. All existing power units had technical modernization in 1994-2009. The Kursk NPP is the largest power generating source in the Central Russian Chernozem.