На Правобережной ТЭЦ успешно ликвидировали «условный» разлив мазута

JSC TGC-1 Pravoberezhnaya CHPP held a complex drill for organization of interaction and control of the work force and resources of object section of the Russian Emergency System and related organizations for location and elimination of accidental spills of furnace fuel oil on July 26, 2012.

Among the participants of the event were the Committee for Prevention, Elimination of Emergencies and Fire Safety of Pravoberezhnaya CHPP, the on duty operational staff of the CHPP, an emergency rescue unit for location of oil products spills, a firefighting unit, staff from team No5 of St. Petersburg FGUP "Departmental Protection" Minenergo, rescue units of LLC "Monitoring Service of Emergency Works and Firefighting" (MSEWF) as well as manpower and resources of the Russian Emergency System of the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg.

According to the pretend story, a wall was destroyed in the fuel and vehicle workshop of the plant, and the hydro insulation of the concrete reservoir filled with furnace fuel oil broke. The result of the accident was an oil spill amounting to 5,375 m3. The plant was put into "Emergency operation mode".

Within two hours of real time, CHPP staff and emergency rescue units practiced actions that are performed on the fifth and the sixth day after the emergency situation occurred. On the commend of the Chief of Staff, representatives of the Russian Emergency System of the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg arrived at the plant. The plant staff together with rescue units of LLC "MSEWF" started pumping oil to the nearby reservoir. After the spilled oil was pumped away, the contaminated soil was transported to a disposal site, and polluted equipment was processed in a special location.

According to Andrey Fedorov, Director for Corporate Protection of JSC TGC-1, “Today we perfected staff skills for elimination of emergency situations at a federal level, which is the highest difficulty level. At the same time we managed to quickly resolve the most important issues, correctly evaluate the scale of the accident, and organize an effective collaboration of the plant staff with the emergency rescue units and workers of the district Russian Emergency System.”