OREANDA-NEWS. March 28, 2007 Beloyarsk NPP observes physical protection and radiation safety standards, the head of the Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Control (Rostekhnadzor) Konstantin Pulikovsky said after visiting BNPP (Zarechny, Sverdlovsk region), reported the press-centre of  Rostekhnadzor. Today, Rostekhnadzor summed up the results of its two-week inspection of BNPP and discussed the plant’s development tasks, particularly, the construction of a new unit and the prolongation of the life of the existing unit. Rostekhnadzor has found out that the plant observes the terms of its license, but there are some problems that can result in violations, particularly, the problem of spent nuclear fuel storage and processing.

Pulikovsky has also inspected the construction site of the 4th unit. Beloyarsk NPP is the only Russian NPP having BN-600 fast-breeder reactor. By 2012 it will have one more BN reactor with a capacity of 800 MW.