| Armenian Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | Armenia |
| Coordinates | 40°10′51.04″N 44°8′56.07″E / 40.1808444°N 44.1489083°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1969 |
| Commission date | 22 December 1976 |
| Operator | Haykakan Atomayin Electrakayan CJSC |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | VVER-440 Model V-270 |
| Thermal capacity | 1,375 MWt |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 440 MW (gross) |
| Units decommissioned | 1 x 408 MW (gross) |
| Nameplate capacity | 375 MW |
| Annual net output | 2,265 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | armeniannpp |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) (Armenian: Հայկական ատոմային էլեկտրակայան), also known as the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, (Armenian: Մեծամորի ատոմային էլեկտրակայան) is the only nuclear power plant in the South Caucasus, located 36 kilometers west of Yerevan in Armenia.
The ANPP complex consists of two VVER-440 Model V270 nuclear reactors, each capable of generating 407.5 megawatts (MW) of power, for a total of 815 MW.[1][2] The plant supplied approximately 40 percent of Armenia's electricity in 2015.[3]
As with other early VVER-440 plants, and unlike Western pressurized water reactors (PWR), the ANPP lacks a secondary containment building.
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