The scheduled fire-protection exercise has been carried at Novovoronezh NPP

They were carried at NPP power unit No.3 in accordance with the subject schedule approved by NVNPP Director Vladimir Povarov and Head of General Directorate of Russian Federation Ministry of Emergency Situations of Voronezh region, Colonel Igor Kobzev.
During the exercise the actions of fire extinguishing headquarters on forces and facilities control as well as joint coordinated actions of the operating personnel and heads for fire extinguishing were trained.
According to First Deputy Head of General Directorate of Russian Federation Ministry of Emergency Situations of Voronezh region Yuri Guschin the carried exercise had satisfactory results. “Such exercises are very useful. It is much more efficient to practice the professional skills with specific reference, in a real situation. The professionalism of ПЧ-14 personnel (Fire Brigade 14) is increasing. Therefore Novovoronezh NPP fire safety is in good hands”, commented Yuri Vladimirovich.
In his turn Chief Engineer of Novovoronezh NPP Aleksey Pavlovich Schukin summarized the results and reported: “The actions of the operating personnel during the fire-protection exercise in the conditions of a hypothetical fire at power unit No.3 were acknowledged as correct.
Novovoronezh NPP is a branch of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC. The plant is situated on the shore of the Don river, 42 km southwards from Voronezh. This is the first Russian NPP with VVER-type reactors (pressurized water reactors of the vessel type using light pressurized water). Each of the five plant reactors is the main one – a prototype of serial power-producing reactors: power unit No. 1 with the VVER-210 reactor, power unit No. 2 with the VVER-365 reactor, power units Nos. 3, 4 with the VVER-440 reactors, power unit No. 5 with the VVER-1000 reactor. At present the plant operates three power units (power units Nos.1, 2 were shut down in 1988 and 1990 respectively).