OREANDA-NEWS. On 23 January 2009 Izhorskiye Zavody, a part of OMZ (Uralmash-Izhora Group) (RTS: OMZZ; LSE: OMZD; OTC: UHMVY), announced that it has completed production and shipped the first steam generator for the first power generating unit of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant. The project is part of the Federal Target Program for the Development of Russia’s Energy Sector. The 160-ton steam generator is 11.5 meters long and and 4.5 meters in diameter.

Izhorskiye Zavody will manufacture eight steam generators for the Novovoronezh plant according to a contract signed in 2007. The contract provides for the production of two sets of basic equipment for a VVER-1150 reactor unit, the basic reactor unit intended for use in the NPP-2006 model reactor project. The equipment includes reactor vessels, steam generator frames, in-vessel components of more than 3,500 tons in total.

In 2008 the company supplied eight collectors with over 140 tons aggregate weight to the customer. Currently two reactor vessels and in-vessel components for the Novovoronezh project are being manufactured. The reactor vessels are to be shipped in 2010.