OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2008. Governor of Nizhniy Novgorod region Valery Shantsev, Head of Department for Contacts with Public Organizations and Regions Igor Konyshev, Deputy Director General-Director for Development of Energoatom Concern OJSC Dmitry Tveritinov, Director General of VNIIAES Sergey Boyarkin, Director of Nizhniy Novgorod Atomenergoproekt Valery Limarenko attended the presentation.

The designers said that the project would cost 268.7bln RUR. The plant will have four 1,150MW reactors. The 1st unit will be launched in 2016, the 2nd unit — in 2018, the 3rd unit — in 2019, the 4th unit — in 2020.

There are two potential sites for the future nuclear power plants: Nomakovo and Uren.

Nizhniy Novgorod NPP is supposed to cover the shortage of energy in Nizhniy Novgorod region. Experts say that by 2020 the region will consume 6.2–6.8GW with the shortage amounting to 4.2GW.

The project will be carried out with the maximum use of the industrial, construction and personnel capacities of the region. Feb 14 2008 Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation named Nizhniy Novgorod Atomenergoproekt as the general designer of the project.

During the peak period the project will involve as many as 8,000 people with almost 2,200 people to be employed as operators – mostly graduates of higher professional schools of Russia and Nizhniy Novgorod region and professional development centers of Energoatom Concern.

The general contractor will be selected through an open tender. In 2009 Energoatom Concern will set up a directorate for the construction of Nizhniy Novgorod NPP, which will act on behalf of the owner of the project.