The Kalinin Nuclear Power Station ( []) is located about north west of Moscow, in Tver Oblast near the town of Udomlya. Owner and operator of the plant is the state enterprise Rosenergoatom. Kalinin Nuclear Power Station supplies the majority of electricity in the Tver Oblast and additionally serves Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Vladimir. In 2005 the nuclear power station fed into the grid. The station's four tall cooling towers are local landmarks. They were manufactured in 96 concrete sections each.
By March 2009 the containment structure of the new Kalinin Unit 4 reactor was nearly complete.Second layer of the reactor containment of the 4th unit of Kalinin NPP mounted, 13 March 2009, access date: 3 May 2009 The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.
Reactor data
The Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant has four units that all produce 950 MW, it is a fine sized power station. It is a VVER type reactor and is in Russia.
UnitPower Reactor Information System of the IAEA: "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors" Reactor type Netcapacity Grosscapacity Constructionstarted ElectricityGrid CommercialOperation Shutdown Kalinin – 1 VVER-1000/338 950 MW 1,000 MW 1977/02/01 1984/05/09 1985/06/12 2029 Kalinin – 2 VVER-1000/338 950 MW 1,000 MW 1982/02/01 1986/12/03 1987/03/03 2038 Kalinin – 3 VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1,000 MW 1985/10/01 2004/12/16 2005/11/08 2034 Kalinin – 4 VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1,000 MW 1986/08/01 2011/11/24 2012/12/25 2041
See also
Nuclear power in Russia Russian nuclear plant map
References
External links
The Kalinin NPP