OREANDA-NEWS. September 30, 2010. AEP SPb OJSC engineering company held a press conference dedicated to implementation of company’s projects and social questions of especial importance.

On the part of AEP SPb OJSC the press conference was attended by Director Aleksey Kaydalov, Acting Deputy Director – Director of NPP Construction Sergey Egorov and Chief Engineer of LNPP-2 project Alexander Kazarin.

The journalists were briefly acquainted with the company’s current main projects: Leningrad NPP-2 with the VVER-1200-type reactor (functions of general designer and contactor), Baltic NPP with the VVER-1200 reactor and Beloyarsk NPP with the BN-800 reactor (functions of general designer at both the plants). AEP SPb OJSC also participates in Baltic NPP construction through its affiliated company – Northern Construction Management OJSC, which is the general contractor of the plant construction preparatory period. In addition, AEP SPb OJSC develops a project of the South-West TPP in Saint Petersburg; and though it is not referred to nuclear power facilities, it is to have an important strategic role in Russian Northern capital development. The first stage of the South-West TPP is to be launched in December, 2010.


There were a lot of questions regarding LNPP-2. It emerged that the society is still interested why they have chosen the option with so-called “wet” cooling towers, and not with “dry” ones. Alexander Kazarin explained that in due time there had been held the engineering and economical comparison of several options. As a result, the option of evaporative cooling towers with natural draught (“wet” cooling towers) was accepted. The main reasons for such a choice are the following ones: the necessity to reach the required cost-performance ratio of LNPP-2 project; project implementation period; rationality of taken decisions, positive experience of operation at Russian and foreign NPPs and compliance with requirements of environment protection normative documents.

After that the research scientific work called “Performance of Calculations on Investigation of Cooling Towers’ Impact on Microclimate in the Area of LNPP-2 Site” was held. The main conclusion was that the cooling towers’ impact would be limited by the NPP industrial site. “This result was confirmed by Rostekhnadzor State Environmental Expert Review,” A. Kazarin said.

Another topic was dedicated to relationship with subcontractual organizations within the framework of LNPP-2 construction. According to Aleksey Kaidalov, AEP SPb OJSC as a general contractor, will severely – but within the legal framework – require from subcontractors compliance with all assumed obligations, in particular regarding terms, quality, construction process organization etc. Upon that AEP SPb OJSC will strictly adhere to Rosenergoatom Concern policy related to construction of new nuclear power plants, which main aim consists in reduction of all kinds of expenses and general cost of NPP construction.

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AEP SPb OJSC is an engineering company which constructs modern nuclear power plants on the “turnkey” basis. In the world it is called EPCM (Engineering Procurement Construction Management) and includes investment substantiation, survey works, engineering, equipment supplies, installation and construction works and pre-commissioning and commissioning works.

100% of shares of AEP SPb OJSC have been transferred to Atomenergoprom OJSC, which consolidates enterprises of Russian civil nuclear industry.

Aleksey Anatolievich Kaydalov is the Director of AEP SPb OJSC

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