Novovoronezh nuclear power plant

Novovoronezh nuclear power plant
left block 5, right cooling towers of blocks 3 and 4
location
Coordinates	51 ° 16 ′ 30 ″  N , 39 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 30 ″  N , 39 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  E
Country:	Russia
Data
Owner:	Rose energoatom
Operator:	Rose energoatom
Project start:	1957
Commercial operation:	Dec 31, 1964
Active reactors (gross):	2 (1417 MW)
Decommissioned reactors (gross):	3 (992 MW)
Energy fed in in 2006:	12,523 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	348,579 GWh
Website:	Novovoronezh NPP (Russian)
Was standing:	July 22, 2007
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant ( Russian: Нововоро́нежская АЭС [ listen ^{? / I} ], abbreviation НВАЭС , NWAES ) is one of two nuclear power plants near Novovoronesch in central Russia . Next to it is the Novovoronesch II nuclear power plant currently under construction .

history

GDR delegation visits model of the Novovoronesch NPP units 1 and 2

Logo of the nuclear power plant

In 1957 the construction of the power plant began. It is the oldest commercial nuclear power plant in Russia. The state-owned company Rosenergoatom is the owner and operator of the power plant .

Today the nuclear power plant has three decommissioned and two active units .

The main purpose of the nuclear power plant was to develop the pressurized water reactors of the VVER type . All reactors are therefore prototypes, the series versions of which were later used in other nuclear power plants.

The reactors 3–5 originally had a 30-year operating license. In 2002, the approval for units 3 and 4 was extended for another 15 years. Block 5 was modernized in 2010, and its permit has finally been extended by 25 years. On December 25, 2016, Block-3 was shut down two days before the 45th year of operation. With the equipment of the block, the term of block 4 will be extended by a further 15 years.

The nuclear power plant maintains partnerships for the exchange of experience with the nuclear power plants Gundremmingen (Germany), Penly (France) and Diablo Canyon (USA).

Data of the reactor blocks

The Novovoronezh nuclear power plant had five blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Novovoronezh-1	VVER-210 (prototype)	197  MW	210 MW	07/01/1957	09/30/1964	December 31, 1964	02/16/1988
Novovoronezh-2	VVER-365 (prototype)	336 MW	365 MW	06/01/1964	December 27, 1969	04/14/1970	08/29/1990
Novovoronezh-3	VVER-440/179	385 MW	417 MW	07/01/1967	December 27, 1971	06/29/1972	December 25, 2016
Novovoronezh-4	VVER-440/179	385 MW	417 MW	07/01/1967	12/28/1972	March 24, 1973	(Planned for 2032)
Novovoronezh-5	VVER-1000/187 (prototype)	950 MW	1000 MW	03/01/1974	05/31/1980	02/20/1981	(Planned for 2035)

photos

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  Entrance to the nuclear power plant

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  Blocks 1 and 2

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  Blocks 3 and 4

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  Block 5

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1. ↑ http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsnew-life-of-novovoronezh-3
2. ↑ ^{a b} World Nuclear Association - "Nuclear Power in Russia" (English)
3. ↑ http://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsmodernization-works-begin-at-russia-s-oldest-vver-1000
4. ↑ Russia closes world's first VVER-440 reactor. World Nuclear News, December 28, 2016; accessed February 9, 2018 . 
5. ↑ NEI Source Book: Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
7. ↑ ^{a b} Rosenergoatom - History of the Plant ( Memento of the original from January 24th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
8. ↑ http://www.atomic-energy.ru/news/2012/07/09/34684

See also

• List of nuclear power plants
• List of VVER
• List of nuclear facilities in Russia

Web links

Commons : Novovoronezh nuclear power plant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant on the side of the operator (English)
• Plague: Novovoronezh (Russia)
• Report on the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant
• The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant on the website of the environmental organization Bellona (English)