Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II

Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II
First design concept of the plant
Location of Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II in Russia
Country	Russia
Coordinates	51°16′30″N 39°12′0″E / 51.27500°N 39.20000°E / 51.27500; 39.20000Coordinates: 51°16′30″N 39°12′0″E / 51.27500°N 39.20000°E / 51.27500; 39.20000
Status	Under construction
Construction began	26 June 2008
Commission date	27 February 2017
Construction cost	€3.8 billion
Operator(s)	Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	VVER 1200
Cooling source	Don River
Cooling towers	2
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 1,200 MW
Units under const.	1 × 1,200 MW
Units planned	2 × 1,200 MW

Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II (NvNPPII; Russian: Нововоронежская АЭС II [ pronunciation ]) is a Russian nuclear power plant located in Voronezh Oblast, currently under construction of the second power unit. The world's first station of generation 3+. It is being built on the same site as the present Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant.

In 2006, the Russian government legislated a nuclear expansion plan for 2007–2015. The plan aimed to put two new nuclear reactors into operation each year from 2012. This decision provided impetus for the construction of NNPPII, which had been originally been mooted in 1999. On 20 June 2007 preparations began at the construction site. Construction starting ceremony was held on 12 July 2009.

In January 2017 the plant took delivery of a safety instrumentation and control system from Areva NP for installation in its Unit 1.

The power station will comprise two to four VVER-1200/392M reactors of the AES-2006 type. These reactors are the first of their kind. Unit 1 was planned to be added to the grid in 2012, with the second unit to be added a year later. Cost of the project is between 110 and 130 billion Rubles. The city of Novovoronezh is to provide housing for incoming NvNPP II construction workers. In early 2008 the first two apartment blocks were complete and ready to use.