Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant
Site of the Leningrad I RBMK Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Russia
Location	Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates	59°51′09″N 29°02′55″E / 59.85250°N 29.04861°E / 59.85250; 29.04861
Status	Operational
Construction began	1 March 1970
Commission date	1 November 1974
Decommission date	21 December 2018 (Unit 1) 10 November 2020 (Unit 2)
Owner(s)	Rosenergoatom
Operator(s)	Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactors	4
Reactor type	RBMK-1000
Reactor supplier	Atomstroyexport
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 925 MW
Units decommissioned	2 × 925 MW
Nameplate capacity	1850 MW
Capacity factor	60.5%
Annual net output	21,208 GW·h
External links
Website	rosenergoatom.ru/stations_projects/sayt-leningradskoy-aes/index.php?sphrase_id=31674
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Ленинградская атомная электростанция; Ленинградская АЭС Leningradskaya atomnaya elektrostantsiya; Leningradskaya AES (pronunciation^ⓘ)) is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Sosnovy Bor in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, some 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the west of the city centre of Saint Petersburg.

The Leningrad NPP was the first power station in Russia to operate the RBMK type of reactor. Despite its age, in 2012 and 2013 the Leningrad NPP took the third place in the annual contest for the Best Nuclear Power Plants of the Year.^[1] The plant has four nuclear reactors of the RBMK-1000 type, all of which are first generation units similar to that of Kursk and Chernobyl units 1 and 2. Each unit has a separate reactor building but the turbine hall is shared between 2 reactors.^[2] In 2008, construction started on Leningrad II with 2 VVER-1200 type reactors. They will eventually replace the RBMK units as they are shut down due to age.

From May 2012 to December 2013, Unit 1 was offline while repairs were made related to some deformed graphite moderator blocks.^[3]