Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant
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Site of the Nuclear Power Plant Leningrad, including the construction site of the Nuclear Power Plant Leningrad II.
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 Location of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant in Leningrad Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Location | Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast |
| Coordinates | 59°50′50″N 29°02′37″E / 59.84722°N 29.04361°ECoordinates: 59°50′50″N 29°02′37″E / 59.84722°N 29.04361°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1 March 1970 (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant I) 25 October 2008 (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II) |
| Commission date | 1 November 1974 (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant I) |
| Decommission date | 2016 (planned, Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant I) |
| Owner(s) | Rosenergoatom |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type |
RBMK-1000 (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant I) VVER-1200/V491 (AES-2006) (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II) |
| Reactor supplier | Atomstroyexport |
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| Units operational | 4 x 1,000 MW |
| Units under const. | 2 x 1,170 MW |
| Units planned | 2 x 1,170 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 4,000 MW |
| Capacity factor | 60.5% |
| Average generation | 21,208 GW·h |
Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Ленинградская атомная электростанция; Ленинградская АЭС (
pronunciation )) is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Sosnovy Bor in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, some 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the west of the city centre of Saint Petersburg. It consists of four nuclear reactors of the RBMK-1000 type. These reactors are similar to reactors No. 1 and 2 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Two units of the VVER-1200 type are under construction at Power Plant II to replace the current RBMK reactors when they reach the end of their service lives.
Reactor hall of one of the RBMK units
Construction site for Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II, April 2010
On 25 October 2008, Saint Petersburg Atomenergoproekt began concreting the foundation plate of the reactor building of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II, Unit 1. Cost of the project is estimated to be almost 70 billion Russian ruble (RUR). A construction licence was issued on 22 July 2009.
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