Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

The Kalinin Nuclear Power Station (Russian: Калининская АЭС [pronunciation^ⓘ]) is located about 200 kilometres (120 mi) 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 region and additionally serves Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Vladimir. In 2005 the nuclear power station fed 17.3 TWh (62,000 TJ) into the grid. The station's four 150 metres (490 ft) tall cooling towers are local landmarks. They were manufactured in 96 concrete sections each.

Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Russia
Coordinates	57°54′20″N 35°03′37″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1 February 1977
Commission date	12 June 1985
Operator	Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	VVER
Cooling towers	4
Power generation
Units operational	4 x 1000 MW
Nameplate capacity	4,000 MW
Capacity factor	57.4%
Annual net output	20,106 GW·h
External links
Website	www.rosenergoatom.ru/stations_projects/sayt-kalininskoy-aes/
Commons	Related media on Commons

By March 2009 the containment structure of the new Kalinin Unit 4 reactor was nearly complete.^[1] The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.

Reactor data

No.2 generating unit's turbine room

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.

Unit[2]	Reactor type	Net capacity	Gross capacity	Construction started	Electricity Grid	Commercial Operation	Shutdown
Kalinin – 1	VVER-1000/338	950 MW	1,000 MW	1977/02/01	1984/05/09	1985/06/12	2025[3]
Kalinin – 2	VVER-1000/338	950 MW	1,000 MW	1982/02/01	1986/12/03	1987/03/03	2038[4]
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

• Russia portal
• Energy portal
• Nuclear technology portal

• Nuclear power in Russia
• Russian nuclear plant map

References

1. Second layer of the reactor containment of the 4th unit of Kalinin NPP mounted, 13 March 2009, access date: 3 May 2009 Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: "Russian Federation: Nuclear Power Reactors"
3. "Ростехнадзор на 11 лет продлил срок эксплуатации энергоблока № 1 Калининской АЭС".
4. "Главные новости". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

External links

• The Kalinin NPP