The general emergency response trainings with rig of the fire fighting equipment took place on February 26, 2015 at the Novovoronezh NPP.

It was attended by the operating personnel from operating and being constructed NVNPP power blocks, heads of departments, as well as the Federal Fire Service of Emergency Situations Ministry of the Russian Federation.

Firefighting skills in conditional contingency were practiced during the training.

Such exercises are held regularly at the Novovoronezh NPP to maintain high personnel professional level in the interaction with the company management and fire brigade units in difficult emergency situations.

The Novovoronezhskaya nuclear power plant is a branch of the JSC "Concern Rosenergoatom". The station is located on the bank of the Don River in 42 km to the south of Voronezh. It is the Russia's first nuclear power plant with VVER reactors (water-to-water power reactors of case type with regular water under pressure). Each of five reactors of the station can be a main one – a prototype of serial power reactors: the power unit No. 1 with the VVER-210 reactor, the power unit No. 2 with the VVER-365 reactor, the No. 3, 4 power units with the VVER-440 reactors, the power unit No. 5 with the VVER-1000 reactor. The first power unit was launched in 1964, the second – in 1969, third – in 1971, fourth – 1972, fifth – 1979.

There are three power units (power units No.1, 2 were stopped in 1984 and 1990 respectively) in work at the moment.

Construction of two innovative power units №6 and №7 with 1200 MW capacity has been done since 2007 at the Novovoronezh NPP.