Rosenergoatom has obtained a license from Rostechnadzor to operate the decommissioned 1st power block of the Bilibino NPP in its new capacity

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Rosenergoatom, PUBLISHED 29.01.2019

The Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service of Russia (Rostechnadzor) has granted a license to Rosenergoatom Joint-Stock Company (a part of the Electric Power Division of the Rosatom State Corporation) to operate the 1^st power block of the Bilibino NPP, which has now been stopped for decommissioning, in a no-generation mode.

The license is valid for 15 years and expires in 2034.

This is one of the stages in an NPP block's lifecycle, which comes between its power operation and complete shutdown.

At this stage, Rosenergoatom as an operating company will have to both switch the NPP block to the nuclear-safe mode and develop an appropriate set of documents advocating the nuclear and radiological safety of this power block upon its shutdown.

These are required to obtain a license from Rostechnadzor to move to the next step, which is the shutdown of the 1^st power block.

As of now, the 1^st power block of the Bilibino NPP has been stopped, and the spent nuclear fuel has been removed from the reactor core into the cooling pond. The 2^nd, the 3^rd, and the 4^th power blocks are still operating and cater for reliable electric power supply for the Chaun-Bilibino energy system consumers as well as for heat and hot water supply for the consumers in the Bilibino city.

The dispatch schedule of the electric and heating load is adhered to. The background radiation at the plant and within its location area does not exceed the one typical for normal power block operation and does not exceed the natural background.

Topics: Decommissioning, Russia

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