OREANDA-NEWS. The plant produced additional 124mln KW, reported the press-centre of Leningrad NPP.

Since the beginning of this year Leningrad NPP has fulfilled 100,3% of the plant. The plant has produced 18,095bln KWh - 62mln KW more than planned.

Units 1 and 4 are in service.

Unit 2 was stopped on Sept 28 for the second stage of modernization. The unit is to be restarted in the coming few days.

Unit 3 is also being modernized.

During an operating meeting today the management of the plant instructed the personnel to take preventive measures against the expected “October storms.”

An international conference on the results the In-Depth Safety Assessment program is starting at Leningrad NPP on Oct 2. Representatives of both national and European research institutes are expected to attend the event.

The deputy director general of Rosenergoatom, the director of Leningrad NPP Valery Lebedev said that as of today, Oct 1 2007, Rosenergoatom Concern has 22 nuclear power units and 34 turbine generators operating at a total capacity of 16,8 GW against planned 14,8 GW. Since the beginning of this year the plants has generated 115,0bln KWh - almost 1bln KWh more than planned.

Note:
Since Apr 1 2002 Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has been branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian State Concern for the Production of Electric and Thermal Power at Nuclear Power Plants” (“Rosenergoatom” Concern). The plant operates 4 units with RBMK reactors 1000 MW each.

The plant has four units with 1000 MW RBMK reactors. The life of the 1st unit has been prolonged for 15 years, the 2nd unit - for 5 years and after the current modernization - for 15 years.

In 2006 LNPP produced 23,178bln KWh against planned 21,330bln KWh. 21,198bln KWh were supplied to the energy system of Russia.

Since its launch the plant has generated 730bln KWh.