Zarechny () is a

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Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblastʹ, p=svʲɪrdˈlofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the c ...

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, located on the

Pyshma River The Pyshma (, Siberian Tatar: Пышны, ''Pyshny''Ниязова Г. М. Типы и структура ойконимов сибирских татар (На материале Тюменской области), 2004, Стр. 8.) is a river ...

east of

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

. Population:

History

It was granted

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status in 1957; town status was granted in 1992.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with four rural localities, incorporated as the

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

of Zarechny—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

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.Law #30-OZ As a municipal division, the Town of Zarechny is incorporated as Zarechny Urban Okrug.Law #85-OZ

Economy

Zarechny is set in a forested region, and also is the site of the

Beloyarsk nuclear power station The Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station (NPS; []) was the third of the Soviet Union, Soviet Union's nuclear plants. It is situated by Zarechny, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Zarechny in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Zarechny township was created to service the s ...

. The site a 600 MW sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor. There are plans for an 800 MW reactor and there are two older reactors that have been decommissioned. There is also a 15 MW reactor used for research and collaboration with several international partners.
The power station is also connected to a number of cultural events, and hosted a folk festival in 2008. A Zarechny woman Tatiana Vdovina also came third in the Miss Atom 2008 beauty contest. Zarechny is home of the martial arts club "Desantnik", which is based opposite the memorial to soldiers fallen in modern wars.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2011 Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast Naukograds