Smoline

Smoline
Смоліне
	Smoline
Basic data
Oblast :	Kirovohrad Oblast
Rajon :	Mala Wyska district
Height :	188 m
Area :	Information is missing
Residents :	9,547 (2019)
Postcodes :	26223
Area code :	+380 5258
Geographic location :	48 ° 36 '  N , 31 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '6 "  N , 31 ° 17' 41"  E
KOATUU :	3523155700
Administrative structure :	1 urban-type settlement
Address:	вул. Козакова 39 26223 смт. Смоліне
Website :	http://smolino.org.ua/
Statistical information
Smoline

Smoline ( Ukrainian Смоліне ; Russian Смолино Smolino ) is an urban-type settlement in Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine with around 9,500 inhabitants (2014).

The settlement, founded in 1976, was named after the geologist Nikolai Smolin (Ukrainian: Миколи Смоліна / Russian: Николая Смолина ) and is a center for the extraction and processing of uranium in Ukraine.

geography

The settlement is located on the bank of the Kylten ( Кильтень ), a 39 km long tributary of the Welyka Wys in Mala Wyska district 79 km west of the Kropywnyzkyj oblast center and 31 km west of the Mala Wyska district center . South of the town which runs highway M 12 / E 50 , of Striy according Znamianka leads.

Economy

The VostGOK , the biggest Uranerzbergbau- and processing plants of Ukraine, based in Zhovti Vody operates in since 28 April 1972, a uranium mine ⊙ .

In October 2010 an agreement was made to build a plant for processing uranium ore . Construction of the nuclear fuel production facility began on October 4, 2012.

The plant will start producing fuel for nuclear reactors of the VVER-1000 type common in Ukraine , in order to ensure security of energy supply in Ukraine.

See also : List of nuclear reactors in Ukraine

The first construction phase should be completed by 2014. In 2015 the plant with a capacity of 400 tons of uranium per year is to be put into operation. From 2017, after completion of the third construction phase, the plant should reach its full capacity. According to preliminary estimates, the total construction costs are estimated at more than six billion US dollars.

population

Population development

1979	1989	1992	2001	2014	2019
4,995	9,976	10,200	9,454	9,841	9,547

Sources: 1979–1989; From 2001 onwards

Web links

• History of the place (Ukrainian)
• Website of VostGOK, the uranium mine operator in the city (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Demographics of Ukrainian cities on pop-stat.mashke.org; accessed on December 9, 2019
2. ↑ Press release about joint venture
3. ↑ Press release about the start of construction of the nuclear fuel plant ( memento of the original from July 6, 2013 on WebCite ) 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. (Ukrainian) 
4. ↑ Information on the construction of the nuclear fuel plant at www.ukrinform.ua ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2014 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. (Ukrainian) 

Remarks

1. ↑ The Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article about the uranium mine in Smoline under Смолінська шахта
2. ↑ The Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article about the nuclear fuel plant in Smoline under Завод ядерного палива (Смоліне)