Armenian Nuclear Power Plant

Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Armenia
Coordinates	40°10′51.04″N 44°8′56.07″E / 40.1808444°N 44.1489083°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1969
Commission date	22 December 1976
Operator(s)	Haykakan Atomayin Electrakayan CJSC
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	VVER-440 Model V-270
Thermal capacity	1,375 MWt
Power generation
Units operational	1 x 440 MW (gross)
Units decommissioned	1 x 408 MW (gross)
Nameplate capacity	375 MW
Annual net output	2,265 GW·h
External links
Website	armeniannpp.am
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) (Armenian: Հայկական ատոմային էլեկտրակայան), also known as the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, (Armenian: Մեծամորի ատոմային էլեկտրակայան) is the only nuclear power plant in the South Caucasus, located 36 kilometers west of Yerevan in Armenia.

The ANPP complex consists of two VVER-440 Model V270 nuclear reactors, each capable of generating 407.5 megawatts (MW) of power, for a total of 815 MW.^[1]^[2] The plant supplied approximately 40 percent of Armenia's electricity in 2015.^[3]

As with other early VVER-440 plants, and unlike Western pressurized water reactors (PWR), the ANPP lacks a secondary containment building.

^ Cite error: The named reference fires was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ International Atomic Energy Agency (December 2001). Country nuclear fuel cycle profiles. International Atomic Energy Agency. ISBN 9789201011015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Is Armenia's Nuclear Plant the World's Most Dangerous?". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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[Agency2001-2] International Atomic Energy Agency (December 2001). Country nuclear fuel cycle profiles. International Atomic Energy Agency. ISBN 9789201011015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

[3] "Is Armenia's Nuclear Plant the World's Most Dangerous?". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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