Voronezh nuclear heating plant

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Voronezh nuclear heating plant
Воронежская АСТ.jpg
location
Voronezh nuclear heating plant (Russia)
Voronezh nuclear heating plant
Coordinates 51 ° 33 '42 "  N , 39 ° 8' 55"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '42 "  N , 39 ° 8' 55"  E
Country: RussiaRussia Russia
Data
Owner: Rose energoatom
Operator: Rose energoatom
Project start: 1983
Shutdown: December 01, 1993

Construction discontinued (gross):

2 (1000 MW)
Was standing: June 4, 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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Voronezh ( Russian Воронежская АСТ [ listen ? / I ]) should be a nuclear heating plant near the city of Voronezh . It should provide the city with district heating . However, the project was discontinued after a referendum. But construction is to be resumed. Audio file / audio sample

history

Construction of the Voronezh nuclear heating plant ( NHP - Nuclear Heating Plant ) began in 1983. Construction of two AST-500 began. However, construction was stopped again on April 15, 1990, as a referendum was held in Voronezh on that day, in which 96% of the citizens voted against the continued construction of the core heating plant. On December 28, 1992, the Russian government approved plans to shut down the construction of the Voronezh nuclear heating plant. The government of Voronezh Oblast made plans to continue building the nuclear heating plant.

On July 21, 1998, the Russian government issued a tender for completion. However, the heating plant was not affordable from the federal budget. Calculations had shown that the completion of the two blocks would have cost 543.4 million US dollars. The Environment Commission had already published a report on April 14, 1995, which stated that the Commission had not yet made a decision. On May 27, 1998, Rosenergoatom and Governor Ivan Shabanov signed a contract for the completion of the heating plant and the involvement of the citizens in the construction. The then mayor of Voronezh, Alexander Tsaplin, took care of all legal questions concerning the heating plant. On September 15, 1998, an economic feasibility study was commissioned and published by the Voronezh Oblast Duma. The construction would still be feasible.

The core heating plant at the Voronezh water reservoir

In March 1999, an examination of the heating situation in Voronezh was carried out on behalf of Duma chairman Anatoly Goliusow. The result was shocking: the city lacked an amount of heating capacity that would account for four such AST-500 reactors. In January 2000, the elections resulted in a change of power in the Duma of Voronezh Oblast. In a press conference that was specially called because of the nuclear heating plant in Voronezh, it was announced that the Duma would continue to advocate the construction of the two AST 500 reactors. The then Rosatom board of directors announced that, like the Voronezh city council, they would continue to build. However, according to public opinion polls, 80% of citizens are still against the project. Construction has not resumed since July 2000.

The cost of the construction project would not have increased further according to the 1995 calculations and would still be $ 543.4 million. Rosatom and Minatom intend to financially support the construction in addition to the local funds. But it is still completely open whether and when construction will resume. It was planned that the reactors should start operating in 2012 and 2018.

Data of the reactor blocks

The core heating plant should have two blocks:

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		Beginning of project planning start of building Project setting (construction stop)
Voronezh-1 AST-500 1114 MW 06/24/2008 (resumption)
Voronezh-2 AST-500 1114 MW 07/12/2009 (resumption)

Web links

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NTI Russia: Voronezh NPP ( Memento of July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  2. ^ Nuclear Power in Russia | Russian Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association (English)
  3. ^ Voronezh 1 in the IAEA's PRIS (English)
  4. ^ Voronezh 2 in the IAEA's PRIS (English)