Kursk nuclear power plant to shut down turbogenerator on July 1
KURSK. June 27 (Interfax) - The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant will shut down its N5 turbogenerator in the third power block for scheduled intermediate-level maintenance on July 1, 2013, a spokesman for the power plant said.
The maintenance shutdown will reduce capacity in the N3 power block 50%. The maintenance work will take 49 days, until August 19, the spokesman told Interfax.
As of June 27 the nuclear plant had three power blocks in operation - N1, N3 and N4 - generating electricity in accordance with the dispatch schedule. The N2 block is currently out of service for scheduled maintenance.
Radiation levels at the Kursk nuclear power plant and in surrounding areas are consistent with normal operations and do not exceed natural background levels.
The Kursk nuclear plant, a subsidiary of Rosenergoatom, is the largest electricity generator in Russia's Central Black Earth region. The plant's four power blocks, equipped with channel-type reactors, have combined capacity to generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity.
