OREANDA-NEWS. The vessel of the reactor of unit 2 will be installed on Oct 1 2007, the deputy director of Rosenergoatom Concern-the director of Volgodonsk NPP Alexander Palamarchuk and the head of the Information and PR Center of Rosenergoatom Ashot Nasibov told journalists on Aug 3 2007 during the first press-tour of Volgodonsk NPP for the mass media of Rostov region, Volgodonsk and the 30-km zone, reported the press-centre of Volgodonsk NPP.

The subject of the press-tour was “The Implementation of the Federal Target Program for the Development of the Nuclear Power Plant Building Complex in the Southern Federal District: The Prospects of the Further Construction of Volgodonsk NPP.”

A group of 30 journalists from ITAR-TASS, Don-TR, Interfax-South, Vecherny Rostov, Vecherny Volgodonsk, Tribuna-Yug, Argumenti Nedeli, Priazovsky Krai, Molot, Nashe Vremya and other media visited the unit 2 site and the control board of unit 1.

Palamarchuk pointed out that unit 2 of Volgodonsk NPP was the first project of the Federal Target Program.

During their 1,5-hour press-conference Palamarchuk and Nasibov told the journalists about the construction of unit 2, the social policies of the plant, the BN-800 project, information terrorism, etc.

They said that the new operational headquarters of the unit 2 project, formed as a result of the change of the general contractor, will start its work on Aug 6 2007.

After the tour the journalists were taken to the recreation center of Volgodonsk NPP “Belaya Vezha” for an informal dialogue with specialists of the plant.