Rostov Nuclear Power Plant

Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
Spray ponds and units 1 & 2 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
Map
Official nameРостовская атомная электростанция
CountryRussia
LocationVolgodonsk
Coordinates47°35′57.63″N 42°22′18.76″E / 47.5993417°N 42.3718778°E / 47.5993417; 42.3718778
StatusOperational
Construction began1977
Commission date2001
OperatorRosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeVVER-1000/320
Reactor supplierAtomstroyexport
Power generation
Units operational3 × 1,000 MW
1 × 1,030 MW
Make and modelKharkov Turbine Plant
Electrosila
Nameplate capacity4,030 MW
External links
WebsiteRostov NPP
CommonsRelated media on Commons

The Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Ростовская АЭС), also known as the Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Волгодонская АЭС), is a Russian nuclear power plant located on the left bank of Tsimlyansk Reservoir in the lower stream of the Don river near Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast.[1]

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.[1] Unit 4 underwent first criticality on 7 December 2017,[2] and put into commercial operation on 28 September 2018.[3] Units 3 and 4 are of an upgraded VVER-1000/320 subtype.[4]

The post–Soviet Union 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.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Unit 3 of Russia's Rostov plant joined to grid". World Nuclear News. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Russia starts up Rostov 4 reactor". World Nuclear News. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Russia's Rostov 4 begins commercial operation". Nuclear Engineering International. 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  4. ^ Ростовская АЭС: Ростехнадзор выдал лицензию на размещение энергоблоков №3 и №4 [Rostov NPP: Rostechnadzor issued a license for construction of units number 3 and 4]. rosenergoatom.ru (in Russian). 15 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Russia's Rostov 4 begins commercial operation". Nuclear Engineering International. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.