Statement about the safety policy of Leningrad NPP

1. Considering the importance of the safe and ecologically rational use of nuclear energy; 
2. Confirming the necessity of constant efforts for ensuring the high level of general, radiation and nuclear safety; 
3. Admitting that safety is the responsibility of the operating organization; 
4. Recognizing that safety culture is the basis of successful management and effective protection; 
5. Considering that NPP accidents may have trans-border effects; 
6. Complying with the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the Moscow Summit Declaration on Nuclear Safety and Security and the Federal Law on the Use of Nuclear Energy; 
7. Pledging to observe the basic international safety guidelines. 

We state that the Leningrad NPP operating organization has the following goals:

• To ensure high level of safety throughout the plant’s life-time due to necessary actions and priority of safety over energy production. 
• To create and maintain effective radiation safety systems with a view to protect individuals, society and the environment from the negative impacts of nuclear radiation. 
• To prevent accidents with radiological consequences. 

In order to attain the above goals the operating organization:

1. Uses the plant only for the purposes it has been designed and built for; 
2. Regularly inspects and tests the reactors to see if they comply with the design requirements and the national safety standards; 
3. Develops and implements quality management programs; 
4. Carries out safety culture and self-assessment programs for its managers and employees; 
5. Sees that under any operating conditions the radiation effects on the personnel and the population be within admissible limits; 
6. Works out plans of on-site and off-site emergency response and carries out relevant exercises for ensuring the emergency preparedness of its personnel; 
7. Collects and analyzes operating information and takes measures based on the results of the analysis; 
8. Plans and conducts Days of Safety and safety conferences; 
9. Creates resources for ensuring safety; 
10. Motivates the personnel through a system of rewards to observe safety rules in their work; 
11. Contacts with the local public and authorities. Organizes media coverage of the plant’s activities; 
12. Encourages its employees to show personal initiative in safety matters; cultivates safety culture; informs them of all of its safety-related decisions.