Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
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The nuclear power plant Rostov ( [ listen? / I] russian Ростовская АЭС ), meanwhile nuclear power plant Wolgodonsk ( [ listen? / I] russian Волгодонская АЭС ), is a nuclear power plant in Russia. It is about twelve miles from the city Wolgodonsk located at Zimljansker reservoir. It is located about 120 kilometers east of Rostov-on- Don in Rostov Oblast.
The nuclear power station currently has one reactor in operation with a net capacity of 950 megawatts ( MW ), a second reactor was completed in December 2009.
History
The construction of the first nuclear reactor was started on 1 September 1981. The second reactor block was followed on 1 May 1983. Population 1990 could enforce a construction freeze the finished at this time, 95 % and 47 % reactor Units 1 and 2. The blocks were first preserved. In February 2000, the construction was resumed to completion of the two blocks after a five-year review process. On 30 March 2001, the first reactor block was put into operation. It is thus the youngest Russian nuclear power plant. The second block was first synchronized on 18 March 2010 with the mains.
It is planned to build at this location two more VVER -1000. They should go in 2014 and in 2016. In July 2008, the hearings began on the construction of two blocks of three and four. Here are the collected data, such as environmental impact and possible radioactive accidents that could have an impact on the environment, made known to the public. First improvements have already been planned at the plant. There are now cooling towers are used, instead of the water to cool in recycling tanks. The documents of the results should be publicly available in the fourth quarter. With the construction of the two blocks was started on 15 September 2009 and on 16 June 2010.
Alleged failure 2008
On 15 June 2008, issued after the alleged meltdown at the nuclear power plant Leningrad another hoax in the news a few days. Supposedly American satellites would have an increased radioactive value in the vicinity of the nuclear power plant Rostov measured. The value should have amounted to more than 60 micro- roentgen per hour. Who has issued the message is not known. RosEnergoAtom pointed out that all nuclear power plants are operating normally and leave no increased doses of radiation into the environment.
Others
The partner power plant in Rostov is the Czech nuclear power plant Temelin. Specialists from both power plants operate in regular meetings to common technical problems such as the reduction of vibration in pipelines and efficiency of the flushing of the steam generator.
Data of the reactor units
The nuclear power plant Rostov has two blocks, four more blocks were discarded: