Nikolay Amosov, professor of Industrial Thermal Power Engineering Department of St.Petersburg Polytechnic University

– Modern equipment is very safety and ecologically friendly

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.

NPP construction is one of the ways to develop the industry of a whole region by means of ecologically friendly energy. Tver NPP is one of the ways for Tver region to create additional jobs and money for social programs.

I have worked in the energy sector for 40 years and can say that we have undergone huge evolution. Modern equipment is very safe and ecologically friendly. We closely control the environment, emissions and the state of equipment. WWER reactors are very reliable and ecologically safe. They have lots of highly efficient safety systems.