07.12.2011
Representatives of Rosenergoatom, JSC NIAEP and Baltic NPP Management participated in the meeting. During the meeting Vyacheslav Makhonin, Head of JSC NIAEP Baltic Branch (JSC NIAEP is the general contractor for site preparation in Baltic NPP-1,2 Project) presented a progress report on pre-construction works: «The works are being implemented in accordance with the site preparation schedule», - V. Makhonin reported. – In addition to it a database is being now compiled to include builders who will be employed at the construction site». At the present moment staff recruitment for construction of the Baltic NPP is under way at the office of JSC NIAEP in the town of Sovetsk (Kaliningrad Oblast).The Baltic NPP Project is stipulated in the Cooperation Agreement between the State Corporation «Rosatom» and the government of the Kaliningrad Oblast, as well as in Declaration of intent on Baltic NPP investment project authorized by Rosatom and approved by the Duma of the Kaliningrad Oblast. The document that launched the project was the Directive on construction of Baltic NPP two power units on the Kaliningrad Oblast territory signed by Putin, Chairman of the RF Government, on 25th September 2009. Sergey Ivanov, the Vice Prime Minister, and Sergey Kirienko, Head of Rosatom, took part in the official ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the power plant on 25th February 2010. It was the kickoff for pre-construction works.On 17th October 2011 JSC «Concern Rosenergoatom», JSC «Northern Construction Management» and JSC Nizhny Novgorod Engineering Company «Atomenergoproekt» (JSC NIAEP) signed a trilateral agreement on changing the contractor for first-priority site preparation works, according to which JSC NIAEP is appointed as the general contractor for the above-mentioned types of works.
Reference:JSC NIZHNY NOVGOROD ENGINEERING COMPANY (JSC NIAEP), www.niaep.ru, is an enterprise of the State atomic energy corporation – Rosatom. It is one of the four engineering companies in the Russian nuclear industry. The company renders NPP engineering and construction services as well as “turnkey” services. The company is the developer of the key power facilities in Russia. Today Nizhny Novgorod engineering company «Atomenergoproekt» is the General Contractor for construction projects:– Kalinin NPP-4,– Rostov NPP-3&4;participates in designing nuclear power plants abroad:– NPP in Kazakhstan,– Kudankulam in India,– Bushehr NPP in Iran;carries out site survey and investigation activities for:– Rostov NPP-3&4,– Novovoronezh NPP-2,– Tver NPP,– Nizhny Novgorod NPP.The company is using advanced software products for nuclear power plant designing. Since 2002 a 3-D model has been applied in NPP engineering. A quality management system was introduced in the company complying with the requirements of the international standards. It was successfully certified in the TUV CERT international center.
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