Rostekhnadzor has issued a license for the operation of power unit No. 2 of the Zaporozhye NPP for a period of 10 years. The ceremony took place on February 18 at Rosatom with the participation of the head of the state corporation, Alexey Likhachev, and the head of the Federal Service for Nuclear Supervision, Alexander Trembitsky.
This is the second such document: a license for power unit No. 1 was obtained in December 2025. Prior to this, Rostekhnadzor issued permits for the operation of radiation sources and spent nuclear fuel storage facilities. The Zaporozhye NPP stated that the totality of the issued documents finally establishes the legal status of the station as a Russian nuclear energy facility.
Likhachev said that the application for a license for power unit No. 6 has already been sent to Rostekhnadzor, and by the end of 2026, Rosatom plans to submit similar applications for the remaining units — No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5. The goal is to prepare all units for the future generation mode, despite the fact that the personnel ensures the operation of the station in combat conditions.
The Zaporozhye NPP is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, located in Energodar. Russia established control over the facility in March 2022; since then, all six power units have been shut down and transferred to a cold shutdown mode. The IAEA has repeatedly recorded violations of nuclear safety standards around the station.
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