Kola nuclear power plant

Block 3 and 4

location

Coordinates

67 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 32 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 67 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 32 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E

Country:

Russia

Data

Owner:

Rose energoatom

Operator:

Rose energoatom

Project start:

1970

Commercial operation:

Dec 28, 1973

Active reactors (gross):

4 (1760 MW)

Energy fed in in 2006:

9,846 GWh

Energy fed in since commissioning:

275,825 GWh

Was standing:

July 25, 2007

The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Kola Nuclear Power Plant ( Russian Кольская АЭС [ listen ^?^/^I ]) is located in the far northwest of Russia on the Kola Peninsula 20 km from the city of Polyarnye Sori ( Russian Полярные Зори ) in Murmansk Oblast . The owner and operator of the nuclear power plant is the state-owned Russian monopoly Rosenergoatom .

history

Construction of the first double unit started on May 1, 1970 for the first reactor and on January 1, 1973 for the second. Unit 1 became critical for the first time on June 26, 1973 , and Unit 2 on November 30, 1974. December 1973 the first and on January 21, 1975 the second reactor block went into commercial operation. In the first double block, two 440 MW WWER of the type WWER-440/230 of the 1st generation are used, which have a number of safety defects due to their design. These are the oldest reactors of this type still in operation, which also have no containment or at least confinement (units 1 and 2).

On April 1, 1977 and August 1, 1976, construction work on the second double block with the reactors Kola-3 and Kola-4 began. Unit 3 became critical for the first time on February 7, 1981, and Unit 4 on October 7, 1984. The reactors went into commercial operation on December 3, 1982 and December 6, 1984. The double block with reactors 3 and 4 has VVER-440/213 reactors of the second generation of this reactor type.

The reactors originally had a 30-year operating license. After several extensions, operation is now planned from Block 1 to 2033 Template: future / in 5 yearsand from Block 2 to 2034 Template: future / in 5 years. With around 60 years of operation, Unit 2 would then be one of the longest-running reactor units in the world. The operating license for Unit 3 has also been extended until 2036 Template: future / in 5 years. Block 4 should be shut down in 2014. It is now planned to continue operating until 2029.

On January 15, 2010, a transformer exploded, damaging parts of the substation and causing the power supply to fail for hours.

Units 1 and 2 have meanwhile passed the age of 40 years, which was originally considered the ultimate decommissioning date for western NPPs (today it can be exceeded after a top-to-bottom analysis and with rigid aging monitoring).

Repair on reactor block 1
Turbine hall 2 of reactors 3 and 4
Aerial photo from 2007

Kola II nuclear power plant

It is planned to build a successor Kola II power plant at the Kola site . Two reactors of the type WWER-1200 in the form of an AES-2006 were planned . The VVER-600 reactor type is now being planned. Construction is scheduled to start in 2024 Template: future / in 4 years.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Kola nuclear power plant has four blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Kola 1	VVER -440 / 230	411 MW	440 MW	05/01/1970	06/29/1973	12/28/1973	Planned for 2033
Kola 2	WWER-440/230	411 MW	440 MW	05/01/1970	December 9, 1974	02/21/1975	Planned for 2034
Kola 3	WWER-440/213	411 MW	440 MW	04/01/1977	March 24, 1981	December 3rd, 1982	( Template: future / in 5 yearsPlanned for 2026 )
Kola 4	WWER-440/213	411 MW	440 MW	08/01/1976	10/11/1984	December 6, 1984	( Template: future / in 5 yearsPlanned for 2029 )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c One of Russia's oldest nuclear reactors set to run until 2034. January 2, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 (American English).

↑ ^a ^b Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)

↑ Reinhard Wolff: nuclear accident in Russia covered up - taz.de . the daily newspaper . February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.

↑ HSK : Annual report 2002 of regulatory safety research

↑ World Nuclear Association - "Nuclear Power in Russia"

↑ Kola plans director stumps for new nuclear capacity that no one needs. Retrieved April 6, 2017, April 2, 2020 (American English).

↑ ^a ^b Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

Web links

Commons : Kola Nuclear Power Plant - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[:0-1] One of Russia's oldest nuclear reactors set to run until 2034. January 2, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 (American English).

[IAEA-2] Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)

[3] Reinhard Wolff: nuclear accident in Russia covered up - taz.de . the daily newspaper . February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.

[4] HSK : Annual report 2002 of regulatory safety research

[WNA-5] World Nuclear Association - "Nuclear Power in Russia"