OREANDA-NEWS  On 06 October Izhorskiye Zavody, a part of OMZ OJSC (Uralmash-Izhora Group) (RTS: OMZZ; LSE: OMZD; OTC: UHMVY) announced the signing of a contract to supply equipment to Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant-2. The equipment includes reactor vessels with in-vessel components, upper units and pressure compensating valves. The contract value is over RUR3 billion.

The construction of the plant is a part of the Federal Program for Development of Russia’s Nuclear Energy Complex for 2007-2015. Leningrad NPP-2 is being built as a substitute for facilities which are operating currently.