Visaginas nuclear power plant

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Visaginas nuclear power plant (Lithuania)
Visaginas nuclear power plant
Coordinates 55 ° 36 '21 "  N , 26 ° 34' 33"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 36 '21 "  N , 26 ° 34' 33"  E
Country: LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania
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Project start: 2007

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Website: Visaginas nuclear power plant
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The Visaginas nuclear power plant ( Lithuanian Visagino atominė elektrinė , UAE for short ) was to be built in Lithuania on Lake Drūkšiai near the town of Visaginas on the Belarusian- Lithuanian border. However, after a negative referendum and an election victory by the opposition parties skeptical about the building, the construction is unlikely.

history

The Visaginas nuclear power plant is to replace the two units of the adjacent Ignalina nuclear power plant that were closed in 2004 and 2009 . It will generate electricity for Lithuania, Estonia , Latvia and Poland . The Russian nuclear power plant Kaliningrad is to compete with the nuclear power plant Visaginas in the future. After the Polish parliament decided to start nuclear power on May 16, 2011 with 404 votes, only two votes against and one abstention, two new power reactors are to be built at the Żarnowiec investment ruins , which are also expected to compete for electricity customers in the region. In addition, the 700 MWe “NordBalt” line from Klaipėda to Nybro in Sweden is to be built. The corresponding contracts for this were won by ABB at the end of December 2010 and amount to around $ 580 million, of which € 175 million is provided by the European Union. Another 350 MWe line called Estlink is to be built between Estonia and Finland.

In February 2007 the three Baltic states and Poland agreed to build a nuclear power plant with a maximum output of 3200 MWe. Although the plant is to be built in close proximity to the old power plant, it was named after the nearby town of Visaginas. The environmental impact assessment (EIA) also started in February 2007 . This was made available to the public from August 2008. The already used cooling water of the reactors should either be cooled directly into the lake, through cooling towers or both together. The thermal effect on the lake should not change. The power plant should heat a maximum of 20% of the surface water to a temperature of no more than 28 ° C. The Visagino Atominė Elektrinė (UAE) was founded in the same month for the operation .

In April 2009 there were still 11 types of power plant to choose from; in September a financing plan was presented and approved by the government. An investor is said to own around 51% of the plant, the rest of the Lithuanian Lietuvos Energija, the Latvian Latvenergo and the Estonian Eesti Energia as well as the Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE). In April 2010 the offers were obtained. However, the tender failed in December when only two bids were received, one of which was unsatisfactory and the other by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) was withdrawn after two weeks. However, the participating governments reaffirmed their commitment to the project.

On June 2, 2011, Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas announced that there were two offers from Westinghouse and Hitachi-GE, which were now being discussed with the partner countries, and that the winner would be selected within the next few months. The AP1000 (Westinghouse) and ABWR (Hitachi-GE) were in the final tender. On July 14, 2011, the ABWR was selected by Hitachi-GE, of which only one block is to be built for the time being. Visaginas would be the first nuclear power plant in Europe to be built with Japanese reactors. The purchase contract should be signed at the end of 2011. In December 2011 it became known that Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) had left the consortium; this wants to concentrate on the construction of its own nuclear power plants in Poland.

On October 14, 2012, at the same time as the parliamentary elections, a referendum took place on the return of Lithuania to the use of nuclear energy , which is only intended to be "advisory" and not binding for Parliament. The opposition parties critical of nuclear power won the parliamentary elections, and 64.8% of the participants voted against the power plant in the referendum. In response, however, members of the new government also emphasized that they wanted to keep building the power plant in principle, and a working group was convened to prepare a study on the future energy supply of the country and the financing of the nuclear power plant by May 2013. As a result, the project was realigned as a regional - instead of national - project with greater international participation, and better financing options were examined. Due to the revision of the project, which took into account the concerns of the critics, the now lower financial share that Lithuania would have to contribute and the changed political situation in Eastern Europe, another referendum was suggested.

In July 2014, Hitachi and the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy signed a letter of intent regarding the establishment of an interim project to realize the plant. The earliest start of construction is stated in 2018 as [outdated] ( as of September 2015 ).

Data of the reactor blocks

The Visaginas nuclear power plant is to have two blocks ; initially only one block is planned.

Reactor block Reactor type power start of building Network synchronization Commercial operation Shutdown
Visaginas-1 ABWR 1300 MWe
Visaginas-2 N / A

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt - August 27, 2008 - Russia is building a nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad
  2. ↑ ABB wins $ 580 mln Nordic-Baltic power order
  3. ^ DGAP - Contracts with Suppliers of Cable and Converter Stations for NordBalt Electricity Interconnection Signed
  4. ↑ Nuclear Power in Lithuania ( Memento of March 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  5. ↑ Visagina's Nuclear Power Plant Project - Environmental Impact Assessment ( Memento from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ WNN - New start for Lithuanian nuclear
  7. ↑ WNN - Hitachi-GE wins Lithuanian nuclear tender
  8. ^ Reuters - Lithuania picks Hitachi GE for nuclear plant plan
  9. ↑ WNN - PGE keeps sights set on Poland
  10. ↑ zeit.de: [1]
  11. ↑ Lithuania votes against nuclear power . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , October 15, 2012, accessed on October 16, 2012
  12. ↑ Lithuania's energy minister hints Visagina's NPP project will not be scrapped. In: 15min.lt. January 8, 2013, accessed September 23, 2015 .
  13. ^ Baltic Ministers Express Support for Nuclear Plant in Lithuania. In: Bloomberg. November 9, 2012, accessed September 23, 2015 .
  14. ↑ "The Visaginas NPP project could be developed only if it gains a regional status" - Latvian PM. In: The Lithuania Tribune. January 14, 2013, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 23, 2015 (English).
  15. ↑ There is a potential to improve conditions for Visagina's NPP. In: The Baltic Course. October 7, 2013, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Lithuania Defmin agrees with Grybauskaite's idea on another NPP referendum. In: The Baltic Course. January 24, 2013, accessed September 23, 2015 .
  17. ↑ Nuclear power plant referendum reconsidered. In: The Baltic Times. July 30, 2014, accessed September 23, 2015 .
  18. ↑ a b Andrea Rehmsmeier : Nuclear power is dead - Long live nuclear power in Lithuania. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur. September 3, 2015, accessed on September 23, 2015 (German): “And the war in Ukraine, Minister Marsiulis believes, has dramatically demonstrated to the population the indispensability of their own energy sources. He hopes that the negotiations with Latvia and Estonia will go well. Then construction work could begin in 2018. "
  19. ^ Lithuania and Hitachi moves on with nuclear power plant project. In: DELFI. July 30, 2014, accessed September 23, 2015 .

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