Country Russia Commission date 27 February 2017 Cooling source Don River Construction began 26 June 2008 Operator Rosenergoatom | Status Under construction Reactor type VVER 1200 Cooling towers 2 Construction cost 3.8 billion EUR | |
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Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II (NvNPPII; Russian: Нововоронежская АЭС II [ pronunciation ]) is a Russian nuclear power plant located in Voronezh Oblast, currently under construction of the second power unit. The world's first station of generation 3+. It is being built on the same site as the present Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant.
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HistoryEdit
In 2006, the Russian government legislated a nuclear expansion plan for 2007–2015. The plan aimed to put two new nuclear reactors into operation each year from 2012. This decision provided impetus for the construction of NNPPII, which had been originally been mooted in 1999. On 20 June 2007 preparations began at the construction site. Construction starting ceremony was held on 12 July 2009.
In January 2017 the plant took delivery of a safety instrumentation and control system from Areva NP for installation in its Unit 1.
DescriptionEdit
The power station will comprise two to four VVER-1200/392M reactors of the AES-2006 type. These reactors are the first of their kind. Unit 1 was planned to be added to the grid in 2012, with the second unit to be added a year later. Cost of the project is between 110 and 130 billion Rubles. The city of Novovoronezh is to provide housing for incoming NvNPP II construction workers. In early 2008 the first two apartment blocks were complete and ready to use.
Construction of the nuclear power plant is important because the existing Novovoronezh nuclear power plant is a focal point of the energy supply system. The power plant complex provides energy not only to Voronezh Oblast but to Belgorod, Lipetsk and Tambov territories as well.
ReactorsEdit
The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II will have four units:
Service life of the VVER-1200 is 60 years.