OREANDA-NEWS. On August 21, 2007 managers of Leningrad NPP and Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland (STUK) have met at Leningrad NPP, reported the press-centre of Leningrad NPP.

The representative of the Foreign Relations Department of LNPP Alexander Rakhuba says that the sides are planning to sum up the results of their joint activities in Jan-June 2007 and to outline their work in the future. Such meetings are held twice a year: in Aug in Russia, in Dec in Finland.

The meeting will last for two days.

Note:
Since Apr 1 2002 Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant has been the branch of Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian State Concern for Production of Electric and Thermal Power at Nuclear Power Plants” (Rosenergoatom Concern).

Leningrad NPP enjoys a large geography of international contacts: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK, Germany, Canada. The plant has received journalists and NGO representatives from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, France, SAR, Tunisia, China, Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, Argentina and Italy; consuls general of Japan, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands; a delegation of the Consulate General of the United States; energy ministers of Denmark and Canada; senators from France and the US; a delegation of the European Parliament; the IAEA Director General.

Leningrad NPP was the first Rosenergoatom NPP to introduce the principle of co-financing of joint projects with Finland and Sweden, with the plant’s share therein ranging from 20% to 50%.

In 1996 Leningrad NPP and Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authorities of Finland (STUK) signed an open-end agreement for cooperation in the following directions:
operational safety;
fire safety;
automated environment monitoring;
physical protection.

In 2000 the sides added the following directions:
dosimetric equipment for personnel;
interim storage of radioactive waste, its recording and control;
independent safety inspection;
safety analysis.