Leningrad NPP

n preparing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) for purposes of transporting it to Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk region, Siberia, Russia),
Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP) cut into two parts one of the 40,000 fuel assemblies. Because of a lack of preparation
for the difficult and dangerous operation, depressurization of the assembly and contamination of equipment took place.
This made it impossible for continuation of the work without risk of contamination of the environment and personnel.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has refused to consider a complaint of the physicist and ecologist Oleg Bodrov to Russian State Nuclear Regulatory Body - Rostekhnadzor (RTN), in which the applicant challenged the legality and safety solutions to extend the operation of the fourth unit of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP) with its RBMK-1000 reactor. Issued on December 26, 2010, the RTN license extends the operational life of LNPP from 30 to 45 years! That is the world's oldest nuclear power plants with reactors of the Chernobyl series of plans to operate until 2026.

Green World is trying through the court system to prevent possible negative consequences not only for Russia, but for the entire Baltic region.
On July 28 in the Basmanny Court of Moscow, a first court hearing was held for the legal suit of Oleg Bodrov, representing the NGO GREEN WORLD (Sosnovy Bor), against Russian Nuclear Regulatory Body (Rostekhnadzor).  The law PhD Andrew Talevlin, Fund for Nature (Chelyabinsk), is providing support in the legal suit. He is an expert on nuclear and environmental law.

The major of the city Sosnovy Bor, where Leningrad nuclear power plant is situated, is member of the organizing committee for the international hearing on decommissioning in the end of October. This week, the major met with NGOs from the DecomAtom network, which gathered in Sosnovy Bor to prepare the hearing.

The Rosatom magazin "Safety of Environment" number 1/2008 features an article about the concept for a decommissioning plan made by Decommission network NGOs. In Rosatom Public Council 28th February authors of the concept presented the suggestions made by the non-governmental organizations regarding the concept of decommissioning of nuclear power units that have passed their operating lifetimes.