BN-350 reactor

Aktau nuclear power plant
Aktau nuclear power plant
Country	Kazakhstan
Location	Aktau
Coordinates	43°36′25″N 51°16′59″E / 43.607°N 51.283°E
Status	Undergoing decommissioning
Construction began	1964
Commission date	1973
Decommission date	22 April 1999;
Operator(s)	Ministry of Medium Machine-Building;
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	sodium-cooled fast reactor (BN350)
Reactor supplier	Atomenergoproekt
Power generation
Make and model	Kharkov Turbine Plant
Units decommissioned	1 × 350 MW
Nameplate capacity	350 MW;
External links
Website	maek.kz
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The BN-350 was a sodium-cooled,^[1]^: 3 fast reactor located at the Mangyshlak Nuclear Power Plant, located in Aktau (formerly known as Shevchenko), Kazakhstan, on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

Construction of the BN-350 fast breeder reactor began in 1964,^[2]^: 785 and the plant first produced electricity in 1973.^[3] In addition to providing power for the city (350 MW_e), BN-350 was also used for producing plutonium and for desalination to supply 120,000 m³ of fresh water per day to the city.^[4]^: 1146^[5]

^ Orlov, V. V.; Troyanov, M. F.; Matveev, V. I.; Pomerantsev, G. B.; Tverdovskii, N. D.; Pshakin, G. M.; Khalov, E. M.; Ivanov, A. P.; Shkol'nik, V. S.; Voropaev, A. I.; Danilychev, A. V. (1977). "Reactivity effects in a BN-350 reactor". Soviet Atomic Energy. 42 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1007/BF01119689. ISSN 0038-531X.
^ Mitenkov, F. M.; Orlov, V. V.; Yurtchenko, D. S.; Bagdasarov, Yu. E.; Baklushin, R. P.; Vasilenko, K. T.; Kiselev, G. V.; Kochetkov, L. A.; Kuznetsov, I. A. (1975). Kallfelz, J. M.; Karam, R. A. (eds.). "Some Results of Investigations and Start-up Experience of an Atomic Power Plant with the BN-350 Reactor". Advanced Reactors: Physics, Design and Economics. Pergamon: 785–795. doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-019610-7.50068-3. ISBN 978-0-08-019610-7. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
^ Vasilenko, K.T.; Kochetkov, L.A.; Arkhipov, V.M.; Baklushin, R.P.; Gorlov, A.I.; Kiselev, G.V.; Rezinkin, P.S.; Samarkin, A.A.; Tverdovsky, N.D. (1978). An experience of cleaning and decontamination of the BN-350 reactor components (PDF). International Working Group on Fast Reactors. pp. 195–203.
^ Leipunskii, A. I.; Afrikantov, I. I.; Stekol'nikov, V. V.; Kazachkovskii, O. D.; Orlov, V. V.; Pinkhasik, M. S.; Bagdasarov, Yu. E.; Baklushin, R. P.; Milovidov, I. V.; Rineiskii, A. A.; Kuznetsov, I. A.; Zakharko, Yu. A.; Koshkin, Yu. N.; Shiryaev, V. I.; Blagovolin, S. M. (1966). "The BN-350 and the BOR fast reactors". Soviet Atomic Energy. 21 (6): 1146–1157. doi:10.1007/BF01164227. ISSN 0038-531X.
^ The BN-350 decommissioning project. IAEA, 2002 (Record 34060088)

[1] Orlov, V. V.; Troyanov, M. F.; Matveev, V. I.; Pomerantsev, G. B.; Tverdovskii, N. D.; Pshakin, G. M.; Khalov, E. M.; Ivanov, A. P.; Shkol'nik, V. S.; Voropaev, A. I.; Danilychev, A. V. (1977). "Reactivity effects in a BN-350 reactor". Soviet Atomic Energy. 42 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1007/BF01119689. ISSN 0038-531X.

[2] Mitenkov, F. M.; Orlov, V. V.; Yurtchenko, D. S.; Bagdasarov, Yu. E.; Baklushin, R. P.; Vasilenko, K. T.; Kiselev, G. V.; Kochetkov, L. A.; Kuznetsov, I. A. (1975). Kallfelz, J. M.; Karam, R. A. (eds.). "Some Results of Investigations and Start-up Experience of an Atomic Power Plant with the BN-350 Reactor". Advanced Reactors: Physics, Design and Economics. Pergamon: 785–795. doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-019610-7.50068-3. ISBN 978-0-08-019610-7. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

[3] Vasilenko, K.T.; Kochetkov, L.A.; Arkhipov, V.M.; Baklushin, R.P.; Gorlov, A.I.; Kiselev, G.V.; Rezinkin, P.S.; Samarkin, A.A.; Tverdovsky, N.D. (1978). An experience of cleaning and decontamination of the BN-350 reactor components (PDF). International Working Group on Fast Reactors. pp. 195–203.

[Leipunskii_paper-4] Leipunskii, A. I.; Afrikantov, I. I.; Stekol'nikov, V. V.; Kazachkovskii, O. D.; Orlov, V. V.; Pinkhasik, M. S.; Bagdasarov, Yu. E.; Baklushin, R. P.; Milovidov, I. V.; Rineiskii, A. A.; Kuznetsov, I. A.; Zakharko, Yu. A.; Koshkin, Yu. N.; Shiryaev, V. I.; Blagovolin, S. M. (1966). "The BN-350 and the BOR fast reactors". Soviet Atomic Energy. 21 (6): 1146–1157. doi:10.1007/BF01164227. ISSN 0038-531X.

[5] The BN-350 decommissioning project. IAEA, 2002 (Record 34060088)

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