17.04.2008 // Information Department of Leningrad NPP

Today a group of representatives of Finnish Nuclear Society presented the director of Leningrad NPP V.Lebedev with an FNS flag as a token of cooperation between the nuclear societies of Russia and Finland

Lebedev welcomed the Finnish guests on behalf of his plant and Russian Nuclear Society and pointed out that Leningrad NPP enjoyed strong and fruitful cooperation with the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority of Finland (STUK). In the past years, the parties have jointly installed modern equipment and safety systems and have carried out in-depth safety analysis at Leningrad NPP. As a result, the service lives of the plant’s 1st and 2nd units have been extended for 15 years.

Vice President of Finnish Nuclear Society Harry Lamroth said that as nuclear energy experts they were interested in the work of Leningrad NPP and were attentively following the construction of Leningrad NPP-2 as Finland might also build a new nuclear reactor of Russian design.

To remind, presently, Finland is planning to build three reactors in addition to existing five. TVO, Fortun and Fenovoima have expressed readiness to build them. Presently, Finland is conducting an ecological examination of the projects.

Senior specialists of Leningrad NPP and A.P.Alexandrov Research Institute told the Finnish guests about the work of the plant and its key projects. The guests visited one of the units of Leningrad NPP.

Note:

Since Apr 1 2002 Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has been the branch of Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian State Concern for Production of Electric and Thermal Power at Nuclear Power Plants” (Rosenergoatom Concern).

Leningrad NPP enjoys a large geography of international contacts: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK, Germany, Canada. The plant has received journalists and NGO representatives from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, France, SAR, Tunisia, China, Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, Argentina and Italy; consuls general of Japan, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands; a delegation of the Consulate General of the United States; energy ministers of Denmark and Canada; senators from France and the US; a delegation of the European Parliament; the IAEA Director General.

Leningrad NPP was the first Rosenergoatom NPP to introduce the principle of co-financing of joint projects with Finland and Sweden, with the plant’s share therein ranging from 20% to 50%.

Russian Nuclear Society was established in 1989 as Nuclear Society of USSR. Today, RNS has almost 2,000 members.

ATS, the Finnish Nuclear Society, was founded in 1966, with the advent of nuclear technology applications in Finland.

As a scientific society, ATS has a broad scope of activities encompassing all aspects of nuclear engineering and science. The society’s primary mission is to serve as a connecting link between and as an information exchange channel for professionals employed by different organizations in the nuclear field.

The goals of the society’s activities are just as topical today as they were when ATS was founded. In accordance with the society by-laws, the aims of ATS are: to promote knowledge and development of the nuclear field in Finland; to act as a connecting link between members, thus contributing to the exchange of experience and deepening of professional skills; and the exchange of information and experience at the international level.