Beloyarskaya nuclear power station summed up the results of its activity in August 2006. BN-600 power generating unit operated at the nominal capacity level. It had to be reduced for three days (August 24 to August 27) from 600 to 400 megawatt in order to eliminate some defects in the drain conduit. These defects did not affect the level of radiation and were classed as a zero event at the INES scale, which means the incident was non-core to safety.

According to the spokesperson, there weren’t recorded any safety or limit violations, and the rare gas activity breakthrough in August comprised less than .07% of the upper limit.

The radiation level in the town of Zarechniy and the power plant site was not any bigger than usual and fluctuated within the range of 5 microroentgen per hour in the village of Beloyarskiy and in Zarechniy, 5.5 microroentgen per hour in the village of Dubrovo, 6 microroentgen in the village of Kamenka, and 6.5 in the village of Rezhik. This is believed to be typical of Russia, with its standard range of 4 to 20 microroentgen per hour. The corresponding figures for Beloyarskoye reservoir water are .18 becquerel per liter, with the figures for head water being .074-.3 becquerel per liter. Thus, the performance of the power station apparently does not have any negative impact upon the environment and the health of the poulation, their spokesperson noted.