Sirt nuclear power plant

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Sirt nuclear power plant
location
Country: LibyaLibya Libya
Data
Owner: ECL
Project start: 1970s
Planning finished: 1984

Planning set (gross):

2 (880 MW)
Was standing: August 4, 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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The Sirt nuclear power plant was to be built near the city of Sirt on the Great Syrte in Libya . Two VVER-440 should be built there. However, the planning was stopped.

history

Because of the increasing demand for fresh water and electricity , Libya signed a contract in the 1970s with the Soviet company Atomenergoexport (now Atomstroiexport ) to build a nuclear power plant for electricity generation and seawater desalination. Two reactors of the Soviet type VVER-440 with a thermal output of 1,375  megawatts and an electrical output of 440 megawatts each were to be built. The total output of the power plant should be 880 megawatts. The plant should distill up to 80,000 m³ of water per day.

Dissatisfied with the technology offered, the Belgian company Belgonucleaire was offered to carry out the construction and deliver the components. But after the USA had spoken out against a delivery, as it was suspected that Libya could produce nuclear weapons, Belgonucleaire decided in November 1984 not to accept the order. The treaty with the Soviet Union was then reaffirmed. The cost of the nuclear power plant would have been four billion US dollars, with the payment of the power plant dragging on over 15 to 18 years. In 1984 work was stopped at the stage of preparing the location. In the spring of 1986 it was decided to suspend the planning for nine reactors with a capacity of 440 megawatts each.

Data of the reactor blocks

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		start of building Project
setting
Sirt (Libya) -1 VVER-440 408 MW 440 MW - 1984
Sirt (Libya) -2 VVER-440 408 MW 440 MW - 1984

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WNA Reactor Database (English)
  2. ↑ Mohamed M. Megahed: Nuclear desalination: history and prospects . In: Desalination . Vol. 135, 2001, pp. 173 , doi : 10.1016 / S0011-9164 (01) 00148-5 ( PDF ( Memento from July 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )).
  3. ^ A b Libya Nuclear Chronology. NTI, 2011, archived from the original on October 14, 2008 ; accessed on September 14, 2013 .
  4. ^ Libyan Nuclear Weapons. In: Global Security. Retrieved September 14, 2013 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e Atomstroyexport - ASE Background  ( 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. (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.atomstroyexport.com  
  6. ↑ Nuclear Power Reactor Details - LIBYA-1. In: PRIS. IAEA, archived from the original on June 4, 2011 ; accessed on September 14, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Nuclear Power Reactor Details - LIBYA-2. In: PRIS. IAEA, archived from the original on June 4, 2011 ; accessed on September 14, 2013 .