Kaliningrad nuclear power plant
| Kaliningrad nuclear power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 56 '26 " N , 22 ° 9' 59" E | |
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 Russia
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| Project start: | 2008 | |
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Reactors in planning (gross): |
2 (2400 MW) | |
| Was standing: | May 2013 | |
| The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation . | ||
The Kaliningrad Nuclear Power Plant ( Russian Калининградская АЭС [ ], and nuclear power plant Neman , Russian Неманская АЭС officially nuclear power plant Baltiyskaya , Russian Балтийская АЭС [ ]) is a planned nuclear power plant in the Kaliningrad region near the town of Neman ( dt . Ragnit ), which was originally supposed to be built by 2016 on the Russian- Lithuanian border. At the beginning of 2013 it was in an early construction phase. According to the environmental protection organization Global 2000 , Russian President Vladimir Putin canceled the project in May 2013, and official confirmation is still pending. In November 2015, the Russian energy minister announced that construction work would not resume in the foreseeable future. As a reason he gave changed economic conditions.
history
The Kaliningrad nuclear power plant was proposed by InterRAO EES in February 2008. It is supposed to export a large part of the energy generated. It is to get two blocks with nuclear reactors of the type VVER-1200 ( AES-2006 ) with 1200 MW each , which are designed by the St Petersburg Atomic Energy Project . It is to be built 13 kilometers southeast of the city of Neman. The project is expected to cost 6 billion euros. The nuclear power plant is to be built in the same way as the planned new construction of the Visaginas nuclear power plant .
It is planned to export the electricity to Germany and St. Petersburg. Construction work on the first block began in April 2011, and work on the second block should begin a year and a half later. It was planned that the nuclear power plant would feed electricity into the grid from 2016. The plan led to a change in the federal target program from 2007 in mid-2008. The construction was approved by Rosatom in August 2008 . The Czech energy supplier ČEZ has shown interest in the project. However, commissioning was later postponed by a year (until 2017).
The country of Lithuania has expressed concerns about the project and has applied for a resolution from the European Union against the project, which, according to estimates, cannot stop the construction. In addition, Lithuania publicly refused to buy the electricity generated from this nuclear power plant; this plant was planned, among other things, to export electricity to other countries.
In 2014, the project was initially suspended following a decision by Russian President Putin. On December 30, 2015, according to a statement from the Russian Energy Minister, Alexander Nowak , it was finally abandoned because it had not been possible to find further investors. Despite this statement, Russian Infrastructure Minister Igor Kalinin declared in June 2016 that the project would be completed, but not within the allotted timeframe. The current status is therefore unclear at the moment.
Data of the reactor blocks
The Kaliningrad nuclear power plant is to have two blocks :
| Reactor block | Reactor type | net power |
gross power |
start of building | Network synchronization |
Commercial operation |
switching off processing |
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| Kaliningrad-1 | WWER-1200 (AES-2006) | 1109 MW | 1194 MW | 02/24/2012 |
Foreign policy background
The Lithuanian government formally informed the European Commission in October 2011 of plans to build a new nuclear power plant - Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant : Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Poland are planning to jointly build an 'advanced boiling water reactor' of the 1300 MW class. This project competes with the Kaliningrad nuclear power plant.
Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e World Nuclear Association - Nuclear Power in Russia (English)
- ↑ Answer of the Federal Government to the minor question from MPs Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Marieluise Beck (Bremen), Hans-Josef Fell, other MPs and the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen parliamentary group (PDF; 113 kB). Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ Global 2000: Construction of the Russian nuclear power plant Kaliningrad canceled . Global 2000 . Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ↑ Kaliningrad will not receive a nuclear power plant . Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ↑ www.kernenergie.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kaliningrad News: Lithuania is suing nuclear reactors in Kaliningrad . Friday April 30, 2010.
- ^ Königsberger Express: Silent end of the nuclear power plant project from December 30, 2015
- ↑ https://www.newkaliningrad.ru/news/briefs/economy/9741996-pravitelstvo-baes-stroitsya-no-ne-tak-bystro-kak-khotelos-by.html
- ↑ Baltiisk 1 reactor in the IAEA's PRIS (English)
- ↑ www.nuklearforum.ch ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.nuklearforum.ch ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
