Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant
| Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48°29′40″N 17°40′55″E / 48.49444°N 17.68194°ECoordinates: 48°29′40″N 17°40′55″E / 48.49444°N 17.68194°E |
| Construction began | August 1, 1958 |
| Commission date | December 25, 1972 |
| Decommission date | 2006, 2008 |
| Owner(s) | Slovenské elektrárne, a.s. (V2), Javys, a.s. (A1 and V1) |
| Operator(s) | Electrostation Bohunice |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 x 505 MW |
| Units decommissioned | 2 x 440 MW, 1 x 143 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1010 MW |
| Capacity factor | 87.9% |
| Average generation | 7,779 GW·h |
The Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) (Slovak: Atómové elektrárne Bohunice, abbr. EBO) is a complex of nuclear reactors situated 2.5 km from the village of Jaslovské Bohunice in the Trnava District in western Slovakia.
Bohunice NPP comprises two plants: V1 and V2. Both plants contain two reactor units. The plant was connected to the national power network in stages in the period between 1978 and 1985. The four power reactors are pressurized water reactors of the Soviet VVER-440 design.
Annual electricity generation averages about 12,000 GWh. Upon development of a district heating supply network in the town of Trnava near Bohunice NPP, V2 switched to co-generation. Part of this system is a heat feeder line commissioned in 1987. In 1997 a heat feeder line to Leopoldov and Hlohovec was begun, branching off from the Trnava line.
The A1 is another nuclear reactor situated on the Jaslovské Bohunice site. On February 22, 1977 the A1 reactor suffered a major accident during refueling, rated INES-4. This reactor is currently undergoing a decommissioning and cleanup process.
As a condition of accession into the European Union (2004) Slovakia was forced to deactivate the two reactors at the V1 plant. A provision in the accession treaty allowed for reactivation in case of an emergency.
V1 plant was exempted from Slovenské Elektrárne sale to Enel and transferred to JAVYS, a national nuclear decommissioning company fully owned by the state. The first reactor was shut down at the end of 2006, the second on the last day of 2008.
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