"Atomenergoproject" is a Nizhny Novgorod design institute in the field of Nuclear Energy, part of the structure of Rosatom. The institute is engaged in the design of nuclear energy facilities and the development of advanced nuclear power plant projects with enhanced safety features.
Activities
The institute's main area of work is the design of nuclear energy facilities. Its staff participated in the development of advanced nuclear power plant projects with enhanced safety features and provided design support for the commissioning of reactor units at operating nuclear power plants. In particular, the institute provided design support for the commissioning of Unit No. 3 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, with a capacity of 1 million kW.
Authority
The director of the Nizhny Novgorod institute "Atomenergoproject" was Valeriy Igorevich Limarenko (born 1960), who previously served as Deputy Governor for Housing, Utilities, and Construction and holds a doctorate in economics. The institute's technical director was Ivanov Yuri Alekseevich (born February 21, 1953), a graduate of the Gorky Polytechnic Institute (1976) with a degree in engineering physics and an active participant in the development of advanced nuclear power plant projects.
Place in the region's nuclear industry
Alongside "Atomenergoproject," the Nizhny Novgorod enterprises of the nuclear industry include Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM Afrikantov) and Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics. All of them are within the perimeter of the state corporation Rosatom.