Kursk NPP is one of the largest power plants in Russia.It is located on the bank of the river. Seimas. Kursk is located forty kilometers from the structure. The nuclear power plant consists of 4 power units. The total power of all of them is 4 GW.
The address where Kursk NPP is located:Kurchatov, Promzona, ABK-1. On the basis of the nuclear power plant there is also an information and analytical department responsible for communication with the public. This center also receives information in the media about those or other events that Kursk NPP is carrying out. Contacts of the department: (47131) 4-95-41 (tel / fax), (47131) 2-32-60, 5-43-68, 4-85-44 - information center, (47131) 5-68-13, 5-46-38 - edition of the newspaper. The edition, which is issued on the basis of the object, is called "For a peaceful atom".
In 1965 in the USSR, and more specifically, in the Europeanpart of the country, there was an acute shortage of solid fuel. In connection with this, a special program was adopted for the construction of nuclear power plants. The construction of the Kursk NPP was planned on the same site where the GRES was planned. The project of the nuclear power plant was carried out by the Moscow Institute. S. Ya. Zhuk and Leningrad VNIPIET. According to the documentation, each block of the facility contained 1 RBMK-1000 reactor and 2 turbines. The first explorers were Leningrad specialists. They made preliminary work on the ground.
The bulk of the further activities fell onThe team of the next exploratory expedition. The staff carried out research on the main and auxiliary elements of the future nuclear power plant. In addition, the Lipin, Dichnyansky and Tarasovski (Kurchatov) hydroelectric structures were discovered to supply drinking water, deposits of loams and sands for construction. At the end of these works followed the activities of the second and third stages. Engineering and geological surveys were carried out for the construction of industrial and residential buildings. Kursk NPP was built by people who came from all over the Union. On the site, except Russian, Belarusians, Georgians, Bashkirs, Kalmyks, Kazakhs, Ukrainians worked.
Two phases of the facility (each of 2power unit) were introduced in the period from 1976 to 1985-ies. The nuclear power plant was the second one, where RBMK-1000 reactors were installed (Leningradskaya became the first one). Each power unit has the following equipment:
Each block is equipped with separate specialpremises. They contain reactors, control panels, auxiliary equipment, fuel transportation systems. Each turn is equipped with a common room for special water and gas purification systems. For all four units, which includes the Kursk NPP, one machine room is equipped.
The station operates on 9 power lines:
It must be said that this nuclear power plantis considered one of the most important nodes of the UES of Russia. The main consumer of energy is the "Center" system. It covers 19 regions of the Central Federal District. The share, which is accounted for by the Kursk NPP at the installed capacity of all Chernozemye stations, is more than 50%. In addition, the facility provides energy to 90% of industrial enterprises located in the region.
The construction of this part of the station was started in1985 year, in December. In the 1990s, the work was suspended several times, and then resumed again. In the middle of the 2000s, construction was almost never carried out, despite the fact that the power unit had a sufficiently high level of readiness. By March 2011, it became known that 45 billion rubles could be required to commission this part of the station in operation. and 3.5 years.
During the analysis, specialists came to the conclusion that,that the original project did not take into account the impact of the network restriction, in which the use of five power units is unreasonable from an economic point of view. In this regard, in March 2012, it was officially announced that construction under the original plan will not continue. The variant of using a new reactor of the VVER-1200 type was considered. But in this case it is necessary to radically change the whole project. Less obvious was the justification for completing the fifth power unit if the construction of the substitute Kursk NPP-2 in the village of Pozharsky was taken into account. Makarovka, on the other side of the Seimas. Approximately new units will be put into operation until the time the Kursk nuclear power plant has been used up - in the period from 2020 to 2022.
In the current (2014) year from August 22 beganplanned activities at the 4th power unit. In particular, the repair of the seventh turbogenerator was carried out, which was disconnected from the grid for the period of work. In accordance with the information received from the Center for Public Relations, events are included that are included in the annual schedule. The power of the 4th power unit was reduced by 50% during the work. The unit No. 3 was also repaired. It was launched on August 31 of the current year, 2014. Planned activities, diagnostics and modernization of equipment and systems were carried out. The radiation background in the territory where Kursk NPP is located, the photo of which is presented in the article, and in the vicinity of the facility does not exceed the established norms and natural background indicators.
It should be noted that one of the primarytasks, which the leadership sets itself, is to ensure security for the personnel. In addition, the directorate of the Kursk nuclear power plant creates for the workers economic conditions that promote the provision of a higher living standard of the social. consumption. As objects, through which the implementation of tasks, the "Energetik" (a complex of sports facilities) and "Orbita" (sanatorium-preventorium) are performing. The first was opened in 1986. Every year more than 2 thousand people are engaged in physical culture and health groups and sections. In the pools daily wellness sessions are held. In the complex "Energetik" training is held for experienced and novice athletes. For all the divisions of the Kursk NPP, the time for performing sports events, inter-shop and intra-shop competitions for various sports is presented.
