OREANDA-NEWS. Oct 27–30 2008 a commission of Energoatom Concern, led by Deputy Technical Director of Energoatom Concern OJSC Vladimir Khlebtsevich, checked up the emergency preparedness of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant.

On one of the days, the managers of the plant were mobilized to respond to a simulated emergency: they had to control the emergency response actions and to organize the protection of the personnel. The commissioners inspected the emergency preparedness of the plant’s decontamination, sanitary, transportation, radiation reconnaissance and other teams and their equipment.

They visited the evacuation zone, Bobrovsky, where they met with the members of the evacuation commission and discussed ways to ensure life necessities for the employees of Novovoronezh NPP and their families in case of an emergencies and mechanisms of effective interaction with the Concern’s Emergency Response Center in Novovoronezh.

Khlebtsevich said that Novovoronezh NPP was ready to localize possible emergencies. Some of the deficiencies detected by the inspectors were eliminated on the spot.