Viktor Orlov, research project manager at NIKIET

– In the coming years our NPPs will work safely

“Our NPPs have worked safely for almost 1,000 reactor/years. This is enough for being sure that in the coming years they will also be safe. Generally, I refrain from making long-term forecasts but I am sure that our nuclear technologies can guarantee, at least, 20 years of safe operation. And we are not standing still – we are constantly developing and enhancing our safety.”

As you may know, on Sept 19–21 Leningrad NPP hosted a complex emergency training. During the training Rosenergoatom checked up the preparedness of the plant’s personnel and equipment and its ability to effectively interact with the REA Emergency Response Group and Crisis Center.

Representatives of nine states – Armenia, Germany, Korea, Norway, the United States, Ukraine, Finland, France and Sweden – came to observe the event. All of them confirmed the high safety of the Russian NPPs.

“Of course, the problem of safety will always be topical. We are planning to produce reactors that cannot fail even theoretically. We are working hard to enhance our safety. Today, our NPPs are safe — all inspections and trainings have proved that. When our opponents remember Chernobyl, they forget that at that moment our plants had worked for just 1,000 reactor/years. Today, we are much more experienced. We have considered all our mistakes and have launched new much safer reactors. After all, if nuclear energy was unsafe, Japan and France would not develop it so actively. And our technologies are not worse than theirs.”