The Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (), also known as the Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant (), is a Russian

nuclear power plant A nuclear power plant (NPP), also known as a nuclear power station (NPS), nuclear generating station (NGS) or atomic power station (APS) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power st ...

located on the left bank of

Tsimlyansk Reservoir Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir () is an artificial lake on the Don River in the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts at . Completed in 1952, the reservoir is one of the largest in Russia, providing power () and irrigation ...

in the lower stream of the

Don river The Don () is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire. Its basin is betwee ...

near

Volgodonsk Volgodonsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the east of the oblast on the west bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir. Population: 28,000 (1970). History Volgodonsk was founded in 1950 as ...

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblastʹ, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast ...

. 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. Unit 4 underwent first criticality on 7 December 2017, and put into commercial operation on 28 September 2018. Units 3 and 4 are of an upgraded

VVER The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from ) is a series of pressurized water reactor designs originally developed in the Soviet Union, and now Russia, by OKB Gidropress. The idea of such a reactor was proposed at the Kurchatov Instit ...

-1000/320 subtype. The post–

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

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.

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November 4, 2014 — an emergency shutdown of two power units occurred at the Rostov NPP, the supply of electricity to consumers was stopped, it took five to six hours to restore operation. The shutdown of the power units occurred due to the tripping of the protection. On 21 October 2021, unit 2 at the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant activated emergency shutdown procedures and put on maintenance mode due to a crack in the welded joint on the pipeline and resulting steam leak. On 31 December 2022, a fire broke out in unit 3's block transformer under maintenance, killing one and severely injuring another. July 16, 2024 — the power unit of the Rostov NPP was shut down due to the activation of automation due to the malfunction of the turbogenerator. The amount of temporary restrictions in the southern power system immediately after the accident reached 1.5 GW. After restoration works, the deficit decreased to 500 MW. restrictions on electricity consumption were introduced in the southern regions, the lights went out in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Malfunction Shuts One of Four Units at Russian Nuclear Power Plant
Reuters July 16

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{{Nuclear power in Russia 2001 establishments in Russia Buildings and structures in Rostov Oblast Energy infrastructure completed in 2001 Nuclear power stations in Russia Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors

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