Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (russian: Ростовская АЭС []), also known as Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant (russian: Волгодонская АЭС []), is a Russian nuclear power plant located on the left bank of the Tsimlyansk reservoir in the lower stream of the
Don River near
Volgodonsk
Volgodonsk ( rus, Волгодонск, p=vəlgɐˈdonsk) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the east of the oblast on the west bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir. Population: 28,000 (1970).
History
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Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populat ...
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Construction of Rostov reactor No. 1 began in 1977 and operations began in 2001. Construction of reactor No. 2 commenced in 1983 and finished in 2010. Unit 3 was connected to the electrical grid for the first time in December 2015.][Rostov NPP: Rostechnadzor issued a license for construction of units number 3 and 4 (Russian)](_blank)
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The post-Soviet Union
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revival of the nuclear industry of Russia took place at Rostov in the early 2000s, with the completion of the building of unit 2 in 2010, unit 3 in 2015 and unit 4 in 2017. Unit 4 was the last VVER-1000/V-320 reactor built.
Reactors
Incidents
On 21 October, 2021, Unit Two at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant activated emergency shutdown procedures. and put on maintenance mode, because of a steam leak.
On 31 December 2022 A fire broke out at a substation killing one person.
See also
* Nuclear power in Russia
Russia is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy.
In 2020 total electricity generated in nuclear power plants in Russia was 215.746 TWh, 20.28% of all power generation.
The installed gross capacity of Russian nuclear reactors ...
References
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Nuclear power stations in Russia
Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors