MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - The nuclear power plant in the town of Volgodonsk in the Rostov region of southern Russia has been named the best plant in the country, according to Russia's Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, Rosenergoatom.
The award of best power plant was determined according to parameters in 11 main and nine additional categories.
Performance in terms of security, operation stability, efficiency, accident rate, radiation security, maintenance and repair parameters, financial and economic activities, and fire safety were taken into account. Preparations for the autumn-winter heating season, personnel policy, public relations, and the use of new kinds of nuclear fuel were considered as additional parameters.
The nuclear power plants in Kalinin, central Russia, and the Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia, came in second.
