The audit of main reactor equipment has been completed at the Leningrad 2-2 nuclear power plant under construction in western Russia, with the unit now ready to enter the physical startup stage and scheduled for commercial operation at the beginning of next year.
State nuclear operator Rosenergoatom said specialists had carried out more than 200 tests on key safety systems at the Generation III+ plant.
They performed pre-operational tests on the reactor vessel, steam generators, emergency core cooling system tanks, welded joints in the main circulation pipeline and system pipelines.
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