Rostov Nuclear Power Plant

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]

Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
Spray ponds and units 1 & 2 of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant
Official nameРостовская атомная электростанция
CountryRussia
LocationVolgodonsk
Coordinates47°35′57.63″N 42°22′18.76″E
StatusOperational
Construction began1977
Commission date2001
Operator(s)Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeVVER-1000/320
Reactor supplierAtomstroyexport
Power generation
Units operational3 x 1,000 MW, 1 x 1,030 MW
Make and modelKharkov Turbine Plant
Electrosila
Nameplate capacity4,030 MW
External links
WebsiteRostov NPP (english)
CommonsRelated media on Commons

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 put into commercial operation on 28 September 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.[5]

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 [6] VVER-1000/320 950 MW 1000 MW 15 September 2009 17 September 2015 -
Rostov 4 [7] VVER-1000/320 1011 MW 1030 MW 16 June 2010 28 September 2018[3] -

Incidents

On 21 October, 2021, Unit Two at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant activated emergency shutdown procedures and put on maintenance mode, because of a steam leak.[8] On 31 December 2022 A fire broke out at a substation killing one person.

See also

References
  1. "Unit 3 of Russia's Rostov plant joined to grid". World Nuclear News. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Russia starts up Rostov 4 reactor". Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. "Russia's Rostov 4 begins commercial operation - Nuclear Engineering International". www.neimagazine.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  4. Rostov NPP: Rostechnadzor issued a license for construction of units number 3 and 4 (Russian)
  5. "Russia's Rostov 4 begins commercial operation". Nuclear Engineering International. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=506 IAEA ROSTOV-3
  7. https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=507 IAEA ROSTOV-4
  8. "Steam Leak Detected at Rostov Nuclear Plant - October 21, 2021". Daily News Brief. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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