The second Novovoronezh NPP-2 power block delivers its first megawatts into the Unified Energy System of Russia

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Communications Department of Rosenergoatom JSC, PUBLISHED 07.05.2019

On May 1, 2019, the power startup of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 (Novovoronezh city, the Voronezh Region, an affiliate of the Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company, a part of the Electric Power Division of the Rosatom State corporation) 2nd power block took place.

The innovative 3+ generation VVER-1200 power block was synchronized with the grid and achieved the capacity of 240 megawatt.

Prior to that, the team has conducted a steam to turbine and did a test idle run. A lot of trials at different stages of low-power testing were held alongside the tests and verifications of different pieces of equipment - all of those aimed to confirm that the power block can be operated in a reliable and safe fashion.

The Novovoronezh NPP-2 2nd power block is the third one among the Russian power blocks of such kind. The first power block of that kind - the Novovoronezh NPP-2 1st power block - was launched in 2016, and since its operational launch, it has delivered 18.3 billion kilowatt-hours. The second one was launched at the Leningrad NPP-2 in 2017.

Alexander Lokshin, First Deputy CEO of Operational Management at the Rosatom State corporation, President at ASE EC JSC, noted: 'Today, the 2nd power block of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 was connected to the energy system of our country for the first time and delivered its first kilowatt-hours. This is an important milestone that became possible thanks to prolonged and efficient work of a large team made of thousands of specialists and hundreds of organizations. There is still a lot of work to do before the operational launch of the power block, but we can already say that, all in all, the Novovoronezh NPP-2 project, the 3+ generation nuclear power plant, has been a success'.

Andrey Petrov, CEO of the Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company, First Vice-President of construction at ASE EC JSC, said: 'The power startup of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 2nd power block was 12 days ahead of schedule. Following its connection to the grid, the pilot production program will start, which pre-supposes that the capacity will be gradually increased up to 100% of the designed parameters. The 2nd power block of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 is scheduled for operational launch in December 2019'.

Topics: Novovoronezh NPP, Russia

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