Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant

Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant
Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant from air
Official name	Loviisan ydinvoimalaitos
Country	Finland
Location	Loviisa, County of Uusimaa
Coordinates	60°22′20″N 26°20′50″E / 60.37222°N 26.34722°E / 60.37222; 26.34722
Status	Operational
Construction began	LO1: 1 May 1971 (1971-05-01) LO2: 1 August 1972 (1972-08-01)
Commission date	LO1: 9 May 1977 (1977-05-09) LO2: 5 January 1981 (1981-01-05)
Owner(s)	Fortum Power and Heat Oy
Operator(s)	Fortum
Employees	530 (2021)
Nuclear power station
Reactors	2
Reactor type	VVER
Reactor supplier	Atomenergoexport
Cooling source	Gulf of Finland
Thermal capacity	2 × 1,500 MWth Combined: 3,000 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 507 MWe (net)
Make and model	OKB Gidropress VVER-440/V-213
Nameplate capacity	1,014 MW
Capacity factor	92.9% (2021)
Annual net output	8,200 GW·h (2021)
External links
Website	Loviisa nuclear power plant
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) (Finnish: Loviisan ydinvoimalaitos, Swedish: Lovisa kärnkraftverk) is located close to the Finnish town of Loviisa. It houses two Soviet-designed VVER-440 pressurised water reactors, with capacities of 507 MW each. It is one of Finland's two operating nuclear power plants, the other being the three-unit Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant.