OREANDA-NEWS. Attending the conference were representatives of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Energy, Rosenergoatom, nuclear safety experts from the European Union, reported the press-centre of  Rosenergoatom. The conference was held in the framework of the evaluation of the EU’s nuclear safety support projects in partner states. The evaluation is based on the results of implemented projects and inspections at beneficiary-facilities.


In Russia in the past 16 years TACIS (the European Commission) has carried out over 500 projects of technical support for Rosenergoatom NPPs and other Rosatom facilities.
In the framework of its evaluation mission, the delegation has visited Leningrad NPP (Apr 19-20) and has met with representatives of Balakovo NPP (Apr 23) and Kalinin NPP (Apr 18). At LNPP the experts examined Rosenergoatom’s radioactive waste disposal strategy and technical innovations. The Russian side presented the results of the TACIS program and proposals for the new project “Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation” in 2007-2013. The evaluation mission is part of the working program 2005 Relex Evaluation Union and the bigger evaluation program 2002-2006. The results of the evaluation will be submitted to Ms. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy. The key goal of the evaluation is to analyze the results of the projects and strategies in the energy sector for further enhancement of the significance, influence, practicability and efficiency of the current measures in the sphere.