Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant

The Siberian Nuclear Power Plant (Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant) was built in the city of Seversk (then known as Tomsk-7), Tomsk Oblast. It was the second nuclear power plant in the USSR and the first industrial-scale nuclear power plant in the country (the first NPP, built in Obninsk, had a capacity of only 6 MW). While the Siberian Nuclear Power Plant did produce electricity, the primary product was weapons-grade plutonium for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program [1]

Siberian Nuclear Power Plant
Cooling towers of the Siberian Nuclear Power Plant
CountryRussia
LocationSeversk
Coordinates56°37′37″N 84°54′19″E
StatusDecommissioned
Construction began1954
Commission dateDecember 1958
Decommission date2008
Owner(s)Rosatom
Operator(s)Energoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeADE
Power generation
Units decommissionedI-1, EI-2, ADE-3, ADE-4, ADE-5
Nameplate capacity600 MW
External links
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References

  1. Lowenhaupt, Henry S. "Somewhere in Siberia" (PDF). Somewhere in Siberia. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.


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