"Atomenergoproekt" is a Nizhny Novgorod design institute in the field of nuclear power, part of the structure of the state corporation Rosatom. The institute designs nuclear power facilities and develops advanced designs for nuclear power plants with enhanced safety. The enterprise was founded on August 18, 1951, as the Gorky branch of the Teploenergoproekt institute and over the following decades changed its name several times: Nizhny Novgorod branch of Atomteploelektroproekt (ATEP), Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Atomenergoproekt institute (AEP), Nizhny Novgorod Research, Design, and Survey Institute "ATOMENERGOPROEKT" (NIAEP), and in 2007 JSC Nizhny Novgorod Engineering Company "Atomenergoproekt" (JSC NIAEP). The enterprise's original staff numbered 20 people; P. P. Shurygin was appointed its first director, and within a year the number of employees had grown to 150.
In its early years, the team designed thermal power facilities: the Gorky State District Power Plant, the GAZ Combined Heat and Power Plant, the Igumnovo Combined Heat and Power Plant, Kazan Combined Heat and Power Plant No. 1, and in 1955 the Dzerzhinsk Combined Heat and Power Plant with 50,000 kW turbines; in the 1960s a comprehensive design was created for the Kostroma State District Power Plant, the largest in the USSR, with a 1,200 MW power unit.[1][1][1]
Activities
The institute's main line of work is the design of nuclear power facilities. Its staff took part in developing advanced designs for nuclear power plants with enhanced safety and also provided design support for the commissioning of power units at operating nuclear power plants. In particular, the institute provided design support for the commissioning of Power Unit No. 3 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, with a capacity of 1 million kW. In 2001, NIAEP put Power Unit No. 1 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (1,000 MW) into commercial operation; in 2005, Power Unit No. 3 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant (1,000 MW); in December 2010, Power Unit No.
2 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (1,000 MW); and in November 2011, Power Unit No. 4 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant was brought online for the first time. In November 2011, Rosatom's leadership decided to merge the competencies of NIAEP and CJSC Atomstroyexport; the combined company employed more than 7,000 people, and from October 2014 JSC NIAEP was appointed the sole executive body of JSC Atomenergoproekt. The company served as general contractor for the construction of Power Unit No. 4 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, Power Units No. 3 and 4 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant, and Power Units No. 1 and 2 of the Baltic Nuclear Power Plant, and also took part in designing the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India; in addition, design and survey work was carried out for the Nizhny Novgorod Nuclear Power Plant.[2][1][2]
Authority
The director of the Nizhny Novgorod Atomenergoproekt institute was Valery Igorevich Limarenko (born 1960), who had 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 1976 graduate of the Gorky Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering physics and an active participant in the development of advanced nuclear power plant designs.
Place in the Region's Nuclear Industry
Alongside Atomenergoproekt, the Nizhny Novgorod enterprises of the nuclear industry include OKBM Afrikantov and the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — VNIIEF. All of them are part of the perimeter of the Rosatom state corporation.
Sources
- nn.dk.ru — The enterprise was founded on August 18, 1951, as the Gorky branch of the Teploenergoproekt institute. Over the following decades it changed its name several times (archive)
- rspp.ru — In 2001, NIAEP put Power Unit No. 1 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (1,000 MW) into commercial operation; in 2005, Power Unit No. 3 of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant, with a capacity of 1,000 (archive)