The Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostechnadzor) issued a new license for the right to operate Unit 1 of Rostov NPP, Rosatom has announced.
The license was received as planned due to expiry of the preceding license. The new permit will be valid until the end of 2031.
As of January 9, 2020, Unit 1 has generated 148.174 billion kWh of electricity since commissioning. In 2019, Rostov NPP generated 33.887 billion kWh of electricity with the approved target by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia of 31.64 billion kWh. Therefore, the plant released 2.247 billion kWh of electricity above the target. The 2020 electricity production target for Unit 1 of Rostov NPP was approved by FAS as 7.77 billion kWh.