VVER-1200 reactor starts operating successfully

The same reactor to be used in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

The first successful operation of VVER-1200 reactor has started in power unit-1 of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2 in Russia on March 25, said a press release issued by Rosatom, the Russian State Atomic Energy Cooperation.
It is to be noted that the same type of reactor is going to be used in the proposed Nuclear Power Plant, the first nuclear power plant of Bangladesh which is going to be constructed in Rooppur, Pabna. Rosatom is going to implement the project for Bangladesh.
Concern has risen among different quarters in Bangladesh about using this latest and untested type of reactor VEER-1200. With the successful loading of fuel into the VVER-1200 reactor, that concern now has been removed, said that experts.
The press release said that the Power unit- 1 of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 is the first in the world generation 3+ unit to go for physical start-up. It is a standard generation 3+ design of a Russian NPP with improved performance indicators and assembled as per NPP-2006 design with VVER-1200 reactor.  
It has been designed by Atomenergoproject
of Russia.
At present, power units with VVER-1200 reactors at various stages of their implementation are at the sites of Leningrad NPP-2 and Novovoronezh NPP-2 as well as NPPs in Belorussia, Turkey, Egypt, Finland, Hungary and in Bangladesh.
Latest evolutionary modification in the range of VVER designs- AES -2006 complies with the safety requirements, environmental and sanitary laws and regulations as well as Iinternational Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) and European Utility Requirements (EUR).
The release said that the design safety functions are ensured by independent operation of passive and active systems which guarantees its accident-free operation and both environmental stability and resistance to internal actions.
The design has passed over 20 IAEA special missions to be declared one of the safest units by IAEA experts.
The major feature of the design is the use of extra passive safety systems along with traditional active systems with the former systems operating due to natural processes which significantly decreases impact of the human factor on safety. The new design ensures protection from earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and aircraft crash.  Examples of the innovations used in this design are as follows
“Start-up and subsequent operation of Power unit No. 1 of the Novovoronezh NPP-2  of new generation 3+ ,which is the most powerful
one in this country will give Russia additional advantages at the international market of NPP construction,” says Sergey Kondratyev, Head of Economic Department of Energy and Finances Institute Fund.

VVER-1200 reactor starts operating successfully

The same reactor to be used in Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant

The first successful operation of VVER-1200 reactor has started in power unit-1 of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2 in Russia on March 25, said a press release issued by Rosatom, the Russian State Atomic Energy Cooperation. It is to be noted that the same type of reactor is going to be used in the proposed Nuclear Power Plant, the first nuclear power plant of Bangladesh which is going to be constructed in Rooppur, Pabna. Rosatom is going to implement the project for Bangladesh. Concern has risen among different quarters in Bangladesh about using this latest and untested type of reactor VEER-1200. With the successful loading of fuel into the VVER-1200 reactor, that concern now has been removed, said that experts. The press release said that the Power unit- 1 of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 is the first in the world generation 3+ unit to go for physical start-up. It is a standard generation 3+ design of a Russian NPP with improved performance indicators and assembled as per NPP-2006 design with VVER-1200 reactor. It has been designed by Atomenergoproject of Russia. At present, power units with VVER-1200 reactors at various stages of their implementation are at the sites of Leningrad NPP-2 and Novovoronezh NPP-2 as well as NPPs in Belorussia, Turkey, Egypt, Finland, Hungary and in Bangladesh. Latest evolutionary modification in the range of VVER designs- AES -2006 complies with the safety requirements, environmental and sanitary laws and regulations as well as Iinternational Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) and European Utility Requirements (EUR). The release said that the design safety functions are ensured by independent operation of passive and active systems which guarantees its accident-free operation and both environmental stability and resistance to internal actions. The design has passed over 20 IAEA special missions to be declared one of the safest units by IAEA experts. The major feature of the design is the use of extra passive safety systems along with traditional active systems with the former systems operating due to natural processes which significantly decreases impact of the human factor on safety. The new design ensures protection from earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and aircraft crash. Examples of the innovations used in this design are as follows Start-up and subsequent operation of Power unit No. 1 of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 of new generation 3+ ,which is the most powerful one in this country will give Russia additional advantages at the international market of NPP construction, says Sergey Kondratyev, Head of Economic Department of Energy and Finances Institute Fund.