OREANDA-NEWS. July 8, 2008. The deputy technical director for emergency planning of Rosenergoatom Concern Vladimir Khlebtsev and the head of the Civil Defense and Emergency Response Department of the Concern Pavel Plotnikov have visited Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant to check up how the plant is preparing for the Sept complex emergency response exercise.

The guests inspected the municipal emergency response center, one of the headquarters of the exercise. Presently, the center is being equipped with means of communications and other necessary systems. The existing equipment is being modernized.

The inspectors also visited the “scenes” of the exercise, the places where the trainees will respond to simulated emergencies.

While summing up the results of the inspection Khlebtsev said that Volgodonsk NPP realized the importance of the coming exercise and was making serious preparations for it. He said that the preparatory stage was important for testing modern equipment and methodologies.