28 February 2007 year

Valentin Mezhevich, first vice chairman of FC Committee on Natural Monopolies

– We believe that the 5th unit of Kursk NPP must be finished More

27 February 2007 year

Anna Belova, Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy Complex Restructuring, First Deputy Director General of Technabexport, advisor of the head of Rosatom

— We are forming a structure based on market ideology More

27 February 2007 year

Sergey Bekov, member of the Federation Council from Aga-Buriat Autonomous District, member of the FC Committee on Natural Monopolies

— The project for completion of the 5th unit of Kursk NPP fully meets all modern safety standards More

27 February 2007 year

Stepan Kirichuk, member of the Federation Council from Tumen region, member of the FC Committee on Natural Monopolies

— Excess energy should be directed to Moscow and Moscow region More

21 February 2007 year

Viktor Opekunov, Chairman of Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy of State Duma Committee on Energy

— The conflict over Bushehr NPP is of economic-financial nature More

21 February 2007 year

Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of Federation Council Committee on International Affairs

— There is no hidden political context in the situation over Bushehr More

21 February 2007 year

Nikolay Tonkov, Vice Chairman of the FC Committee on Local Self-Government, Chairman of the RUIB Committee on Nature Management and Ecology

— Nuclear energy development poses no threat to ecology More

15 February 2007 year

Vadim Ryabov, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad region from Sosnovy Bor

— I am absolutely satisfied with the public hearings of LNPP-2 project More

15 February 2007 year

Valentin Ivanov, member of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— Public hearings of LNPP-2 project were one of the widest discussions of this subject and the population has supported the construction More

15 February 2007 year

Sergey Myakov, Chairman of the Committee on Energy Complex and Municipal Housing Economy of the Government of Leningrad region, candidate of technical sciences

— LNPP-2 project is vital for us More

14 February 2007 year

Igor Bashmakov, Executive Director of Center for Effective Use of Energy

— Russia wastes as much gas as it exports More

13 February 2007 year

Sergey Kapitsa, Vice President of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, coordinator of UN project “Dialogue Among Civilizations” in Russia and the CIS, professor

— Nuclear energy is ecologically safe if used reasonably More

13 February 2007 year

Vadim Ryabov, deputy of Legislative Assembly of Leningrad region from Sosnovy Bor

— The designers of the LNPP-2 project should consider all sensible proposals More

12 February 2007 year

Dmitry Zelenin, Governor of Tver region, President of Union of Nuclear Territories and Enterprises

— Moscow and St. Petersburg need Kalnin NPP-2 More

12 February 2007 year

Yevgeny Velikhov, Secretary of Public Chamber, President of Kurchatov Institute, academic

— Nuclear energy is important for Russia both ecologically and economically More

12 February 2007 year

Grigory Naginsky, representative of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad region, member of the Federation Council

— LNPP-2 project is, at least, 50–60 years of bright future for Sosnovy Bor residents More

12 February 2007 year

Vladimir Grachev, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, member of RAS

— Leningrad NPP-2 will be the basic site of the NPP-2006 project More

12 February 2007 year

Dmitry Puliayevsky, Head of Administration of Sosnovy Bor municipal district

— The population is fully satisfied with the information they heard More

12 February 2007 year

Sergey Baranovsky, President of Russian Green Cross, academic, professor, doctor of technical sciences

— Even Green Peace representatives got access to the information that was generally inaccessible to public organizations More

07 February 2007 year

Vasingirey Gagiyev, Director General of Union of Employers of Nuclear Industry and Science

– Nuclear industry is one of the few competitive high-tech spheres of Russia More

07 February 2007 year

Valentin Ivanov, State Duma deputy, member of SD Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

– The construction of LNPP-2 is an ecologically safe project More

07 February 2007 year

Yury Kurin, President of the National Guild of Bankruptcy Trustees of Russia

— LNPP-2 will be based on the innovative NPP-2006 project More

07 February 2007 year

Sergey Komarov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Energy Development of Regions

– The nuclear power industry of the North-West can solve the problem of energy shortfall More

07 February 2007 year

Alexander Grigoryev, expert of the Department of Electric Energy Studies of the Institute for the Problems of Natural Monopolies

– The energy system of Russia’s North-West has a structure typical of many developed countries More

06 February 2007 year

Stepan Kirichuk, member of Federation Council Committee on Natural Monopolies

— The law on the reformation of the nuclear power sector is one of the key economic laws in Russia More

06 February 2007 year

Vladimir Germanenko, Vice Chairman of FC Committee on Budget, member of FC Committee on Natural Monopolies

— The law will allow to attract additional investments in the development of the nuclear power industry More

06 February 2007 year

Vladimir Grachyov, Chairman of State Duma Committee on Ecology, member of RAS

— The construction of LNPP-2 will allow to substantially reduce the technogenic impacts on the region’s ecology More

06 February 2007 year

Bulat Nigmatulin, First Deputy Director General of the Institute for the Problems of Natural Monopolies

— The construction of LNPP-2 is absolutely indispensable More

06 February 2007 year

Valery Shantsev, Governor of Nizhniy Novgorod

— Nizhniy Novgorod can host several NPPs More

06 February 2007 year

Boris Gabarayev, Director General of Research and Development Institute of Power Engineering

— The construction of the second NPP in Leningrad region is a solution that naturally suggests itself and needs no additional substantiation More

06 February 2007 year

Valentin Mezhevich, First Vice Chairman of Federation Council Committee on Natural Monopolies

— There is no way for Leningrad region to export enough electricity for covering the energy shortfall to be caused by the stoppage of LNPP More

06 February 2007 year

Vladimir Proklov, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Safe Use of Nuclear Energy

— The region has necessary heavy engineering capacities for quick construction of LNPP-2 More

06 February 2007 year

Viktor Opekunov, Chairman of Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy of State Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communication

— It is impossible to replace Leningrad NPP with gas generation More

05 February 2007 year

Rashid Ismagilov, Vice Governor of Leningrad NPP

— Only new NPP can ensure further development of the region More

05 February 2007 year

Yevgeny Burlakov, Director of the Department of Development Projects and Nuclear Rectors of the Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

— LNPP-2 will meet all ecological and safety standards More

05 February 2007 year

Andrey Gavrilin, Executive Director of the Union of Nuclear Power Territories and Enterprises

— The North-Western region of Russia needs lot of energy More

05 February 2007 year

Alexander Derevyankin, Head of the Laboratory of the Research and Development Institute of Power Energy, candidate of technical sciences

— The development of the North-Western region without nuclear power is economically inexpedient More

05 February 2007 year

Vadim Ryabov, Director General of the Managing Company of Concern Titan-2 holding, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad region

— Unless we launch substituting capacities, the Northern-Western region will face a 21%-22% energy shortfall More

05 February 2007 year

Igor Orlov, Chairman of Board of Energoresource Consortium

— We should make our regions energy-sufficient More