Nikolay Podlevskikh, Head of Analytical Department of Zerich Capital Management IC

– Most of existing NPPs have operated flawlessly for decades

Public hearings on the preliminary environmental impact assessment of the project to build and operate the 1st and 2nd units of Tver Nuclear Power Plant will take place in Udomlia, today, July 8 2009. Tver NPP will have two units with a total capacity of 2,340MW. Its prototype is Novovoronezh NPP-2. The position of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation is to build nuclear power plants only after receiving the approval of the public. The hearings are the result of two-month work to collect public views and recommendations. Within a month after the hearings each citizen will be able to familiarize himself with the environmental impact assessment materials and to submit his proposals and remarks.

The key consumer of Tver NPP is Moscow and Moscow region as the latter will be the key components of the second strategic ring of the Federal Network Company, which will attract all power plants within 500 km.

So, the key goal of the construction of Tver NPP is to ensure stable balance between demand and offer in Moscow region.

This project will give the region new jobs and new budgetary revenues. The new generation of NPPs is much safer. Most of the existing NPPs have operated without serious incidents for decades. So, we should not worry for their safety.