Deputy Premier Igor Sechin on Monday will launch hydropower unit 4 of Siberia's Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydropower Plant, damaged in a deadly accident last August.
This event will be shown in time of a video conference organized by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko, members of the governmental commission for Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydropower Plant restoration and other officials will participate.
An accident occurred at the Sayano-Shushenskaya plant on Siberia's Yenisei River in August 2009, killing 75 people and destroying a turbine hall. The accident also destroyed three hydropower units and damaged the other seven. The plant is under reconstruction. All repair works at the hydropower plant are expected to be completed by December 2014.
Hydropower units 5 and 6 have been operating since December 30, 2009.
"In time of the hydropower unit starting preparation, a reliability diagnostics of the engineering structures and facilities of the hydropower unit was held; it proved out the unit's concrete-steel construction working efficiency," the government's press service said.
"The industrial operation of the already working units 5 and 6 and unit 4 which is to be launched [on Monday] will allow gathering capacity of 1920 MVT, minimize risks of floods, as well as provide dependable water supplies," the statement said.
Hydropower unit 3 is planned to be launched by the end of 2010. Then Sayano-Shushenskaya's capacity will reach 2560 MVT.
After launching hydropower unit 4, the participants of the conference will discuss further repair works.
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti)
