The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant ( uk, Рівненська АЕС), also called Rovno is a nuclear power plant in

Varash Varash ( uk, Вараш), from 1977 to 2016 Kuznetsovsk ( uk, Кузнецо́вськ, links=no), is a city in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Varash urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine and Varash Raion, one of the ...

Rivne Oblast Rivne Oblast ( uk, Рі́вненська о́бласть, translit=Rivnenska oblast), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna ( uk, Рі́вненщина) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of th ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. The Rivne Nuclear Power Station were the first VVER-400 reactors to be constructed in Ukraine. As the plant was being designed and constructed it was under the name of "West-Ukraine NPP" however during commissioning it was renamed to "Rivne NPPP". The Regulatory Committee of Ukraine, during a meeting

, adopted а decision оn extending the lifetime of Rivne power units 1 and 2 bу 20 years. The power station has four reactors with a nameplate capacity of just over 2500 MWe. In 2018 unit 3, after modernization, received a life-extension license extending its operation by 20 years until 2037. File:РАЭС летом 2006.JPG File:РАЭС. Украина.JPG File:РАЭС осень Украина.JPG File:Ровенская АЭС блок 4.JPG File:Rnpp logo.svg, Logo

External links

Profile at International Nuclear Safety Program website

Ukrainian National Atomic Generation Company «Energoatom»

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Nuclear power stations in Ukraine Nuclear power stations built in the Soviet Union Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors Buildings and structures in Rivne Oblast Energoatom {{powerstation-stub

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