Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant II
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The nuclear power plant Leningrad II (Russian Ленинградская АЭС II [ listen? / I] ) is a Russian nuclear power plant. It will be built on a bay of the Gulf of Finland, in addition to the Leningrad nuclear power plant 60 km west of Saint Petersburg. On the premises is also the nuclear power plant Sosnovy Bor
The nuclear power plant will initially consist of two VVER with a capacity of 1,170 megawatts, the two blocks are to be based on the principle of WWER-1200/491 (AES- 2006). From the reactors at the power plant ultimately a new series to be built. Are planned up to six reactors at the site. The power plant will replace the nuclear power plant Leningrad and at the same time withstand the current needs of the region and better cover.
History
In May 2006, the head of the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom submitted plans for a new building with six reactors. Planned are six VVER -1200 with a capacity of 1085 MW. The VVER -1200 is based on the experience gained during the construction of nuclear power plants and Tianwan Kudankulam. The tender and so the order got Atomstroiexport. The cost is according to initial projections, 136.8 billion rubles. Construction of Units 1 and 2 was on 30 August 2007. The first block is loud Rosatom 2013 [ deprecated] connected to the grid. For now, only the blocks 1 and 2 shall not be built. The others are still in the planning phase. For block 3, there are already concrete plans.
The construction of the foundation of the first block began officially on 25 October 2008 with the pouring of the first concrete.