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The Kalinin
The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.
The Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant has four units:
The Kalinin NPP
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Nuclear Power
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Station (russian: Калининская АЭС []) is located about north west of Moscow
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, in Tver Oblast
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near the town of Udomlya
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. Owner and operator of the plant is the state enterprise
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Rosenergoatom
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Ownership and Formation
The company was established on 7 September 1992 in Presidential decree 1055: "''On operatin ...
. Kalinin Nuclear Power Station supplies the majority of electricity in the Tver region and additionally serves Moscow
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, Saint Petersburg
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, and Vladimir
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. In 2005 the nuclear power station fed into the grid. The station's four tall cooling tower
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s are local landmarks. They were manufactured in 96 concrete sections each.
By March 2009 the containment structure of the new Kalinin Unit 4 reactor was nearly complete.Second layer of the reactor containment of the 4th unit of Kalinin NPP mounted, 13 March 2009, access date: 3 May 2009The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.
Reactor data
The Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant has four units:
See also
*Nuclear power in Russia
Russia is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy.
In 2020 total electricity generated in nuclear power plants in Russia was 215.746 TWh, 20.28% of all power generation.
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* Russian nuclear plant map
References
External links
The Kalinin NPP
{{Hidden Nuclear Power Plants in Russia Nuclear power stations built in the Soviet Union Nuclear power stations in Russia Buildings and structures in Tver Oblast Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors