Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant

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Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant
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CountryRussia
Coordinates54°10′8.98″N 33°14′47.89″E / 54.1691611°N 33.2466361°E / 54.1691611; 33.2466361Coordinates: 54°10′8.98″N 33°14′47.89″E / 54.1691611°N 33.2466361°E / 54.1691611; 33.2466361
StatusOperational
Construction began1 October 1975
Commission date9 December 1982
Operator(s)Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeRBMK
Power generation
Units operational3 x 1,000 MW
Units cancelled1 x 1,000 MW
Nameplate capacity3,000 MW
Capacity factor~75% (total, cumulative up to 2018)[1][2][3]
External links
Websitewww.rosenergoatom.ru/en/npp/smolensk-npp/
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Смоленская АЭС [About this soundpronunciation (help·info)]) is a nuclear power station in Russia. It is located in the Smolensk region, in Desnogorsk province, approximately 100 km from Smolensk, 115 km from Bryansk and 320 km from Moscow. Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear plant in the Nechernozem region of Russia, and is similar in design to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The plant operates three RBMK-1000 reactors (1000 MW water-cooled graphite-moderated channel-type reactors). The plant was supposed to have four units but the construction of the 4th reactor was stopped in 1993 following the Chernobyl disaster.

All the units are equipped with emergency response systems, which can prevent release of radioactive material into the environment even in case of serious accident; for example breakage of pipes in the reactor cooling circuit. The reactor cooling circuit is housed in hermetic reinforced concrete boxes that can withstand a force of 4.5 kgf/cm2.

Unit[4] Reactor type Net
capacity 		Gross
capacity 		Construction
started 		Electricity
Grid 		Commercial
Operation 		Shutdown
Smolensk – 1 RBMK-1000 925 MW 1,000 MW 1975-10-01 1982-12-09 1983-09-30 2027 planned[5]
Smolensk – 2 RBMK-1000 925 MW 1,000 MW 1976-06-01 1985-05-31 1985-07-02 2030 planned[5]
Smolensk – 3 RBMK-1000 925 MW 1,000 MW 1975-10-01 1990-01-17 1990-10-12 2034 planned[5]
Smolensk – 4 RBMK-1000 925 MW 1,000 MW 1984-10-01 – – Construction cancelled on 1 December 1993

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References[]

  1. ^ "PRIS - Reactor Details - Smolensk 1". pris.iaea.org. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ "PRIS - Reactor Details - Smolensk 2". pris.iaea.org. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ "PRIS - Reactor Details - Smolensk 3". pris.iaea.org. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors"
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "«Росатом» направляет 45 млрд. руб. на модернизацию и продление срока эксплуатации Смоленской АЭС". Атомная энергия 2.0 (in Russian). 7 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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