Rostov Nuclear Power Plant

Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
Spray ponds and units 1 & 2 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
Official name Ростовская атомная электростанция
Country Russia
Location Volgodonsk
Coordinates 47°35′57.63″N 42°22′18.76″E / 47.5993417°N 42.3718778°E / 47.5993417; 42.3718778Coordinates: 47°35′57.63″N 42°22′18.76″E / 47.5993417°N 42.3718778°E / 47.5993417; 42.3718778
Status Operational
Construction began 1977
Commission date 2001
Operator(s) Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor type VVER-1000/320
Reactor supplier Atomstroyexport
Power generation
Units operational

3 x 1,000 MW,

1 x 1,100 MW
Make and model Kharkov Turbine Plant
Electrosila
Nameplate capacity 4,100 MW
Website
Rostov NPP (english)

Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Ростовская АЭС [ pronunciation ]), also known as Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Волгодонская АЭС [ pronunciation ]), is a Russian nuclear power plant located on the left bank of the Tsimlyansk reservoir in the lower stream of the Don River near Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast.[1]

Construction of Rostov reactor No. 1 began in 1977 and operations began in 2001. Construction of reactor No. 2 commenced in 1983 and finished in 2010. Unit 3 was connected to the electrical grid for the first time in December 2015.[1] Unit 4 underwent first criticality on 7 December 2017,[2] and entered commercial operation on 1 February 2018.[3] Units No. 3 and 4 are of an upgraded VVER-1000/320 subtype.[4]

The post-Soviet Union revival of the nuclear industry of Russia took place at Rostov in the early 2000s, with the completion of the building of unit 2 in 2010, unit 3 in 2015 and unit 4 in 2017. Unit 4 was the last VVER-1000/V-320 reactor built.[3]

Reactors

Unit Reactor type Net
capacity		 Gross
capacity		 Construction
started		 Commercial
Operation		 Shutdown
Rostov 1 VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1000 MW 1 September 1981 25 December 2001 -
Rostov 2 VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1000 MW 1 May 1983 10 December 2010 -
Rostov 3 [5] VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1000 MW 15 September 2009 17 September 2015 -
Rostov 4 [6] VVER-1000/320 1011 MW 1100 MW 16 June 2010 1 February 2018[3] -

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Unit 3 of Russia's Rostov plant joined to grid". World Nuclear News. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Russia-starts-up-Rostov-4-reactor-0712171.html
  3. 1 2 3 "Russia's Rostov 4 begins commercial operation". Nuclear Engineering International. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Rostov NPP: Rostechnadzor issued a license for construction of units number 3 and 4 (Russian)
  5. ↑ https://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=506 IAEA ROSTOV-3
  6. ↑ https://www.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=507 IAEA ROSTOV-4
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