Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

The Kalinin Nuclear Power Station (Russian: Калининская АЭС [pronunciation ]) is located about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north west of Moscow, in Tver Oblast near the town of Udomlya. Owner and operator of the plant is the state enterprise Rosenergoatom. Kalinin Nuclear Power Station supplies the majority of electricity in the Tver region and additionally serves Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Vladimir. In 2005 the nuclear power station fed 17.3 TWh (62,000 TJ) into the grid. The station's four 150 metres (490 ft) tall cooling towers are local landmarks. They were manufactured in 96 concrete sections each.

Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant
CountryRussia
Coordinates57°54′20″N 35°03′37″E
StatusOperational
Construction began1 February 1977
Commission date12 June 1985
Operator(s)Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeVVER
Cooling towers4
Power generation
Units operational4 x 1000 MW
Nameplate capacity4,000 MW
Capacity factor57.4%
Annual net output20,106 GW·h
External links
Websiteknpp.rosenergoatom.ru
CommonsRelated media on Commons

By March 2009 the containment structure of the new Kalinin Unit 4 reactor was nearly complete.[1] The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.

Reactor data
No.2 generating unit's turbine room

The Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant has four units:

Unit[2] Reactor type Net
capacity		 Gross
capacity		 Construction
started		 Electricity
Grid		 Commercial
Operation		 Shutdown
Kalinin - 1 VVER-1000/338 950 MW 1,000 MW 1977/02/01 1984/05/09 1985/06/12 2025[3]
Kalinin - 2 VVER-1000/338 950 MW 1,000 MW 1982/02/01 1986/12/03 1987/03/03 2038[4]
Kalinin - 3 VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1,000 MW 1985/10/01 2004/12/16 2005/11/08 2034
Kalinin - 4 VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1,000 MW 1986/08/01 2011/11/24 2012/12/25 2041

See also

References
  1. Second layer of the reactor containment of the 4th unit of Kalinin NPP mounted, 13 March 2009, access date: 3 May 2009 Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors"
  3. http://tass.ru/ekonomika/1289575
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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