OREANDA-NEWS. The Council of Heads of Rosenergoatom Capital Construction Departments met at Beloyarsk NPP (Zarechny) on Oct 17–18 2007

The Council of Heads of Rosenergoatom Capital Construction Departments met at Beloyarsk NPP (Zarechny). The chairman of the council is the deputy director general-the director for development of Rosenergoatom Concern A.Polushkin. The directors of the nuclear power plants under construction, the heads of the REA NPPs’ capital construction departments and the executives of the REA Central Office took part in the meeting.

The conferees discussed the problems related to the use of capital investments under ongoing construction projects as well as the methods of planning and reporting in the system of capital construction. Now that Rosenergoatom Concern is preparing for corporization, the conferees focused on the problems of writing off of unfinished construction projects, inventory of stored equipment and building materials and ways to reduce their amount. The capital construction executives of the REA NPPs reported on their work in the third quarter of 2007 and made forecasts for the whole year. Among the common problems are lack of highly-qualified constructors and installers and poor system of pricing in the sphere of construction.

The conferees were unanimous that the present construction and modernization projects require improvement of the system of financial, material and human resource planning. Any capital investment at an NPP should be controlled by the plant’s relevant department.

The conferees pointed out the high efficiency of the Council in disseminating positive experience and standardizing procedures and regulations in the sphere of capital construction.

The next meeting of the Council is scheduled for Feb 2007.