Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Ignalinos Atominė Elektrinė
Country	Lithuania
Location	Visaginas municipality
Coordinates	55°36′16″N 26°33′36″E / 55.60444°N 26.56000°E / 55.60444; 26.56000
Status	Decommissioned
Construction began	1978
Commission date	31 December 1983
Decommission date	31 December 2009
Operator(s)	Ignalinos Atominė Elektrinė
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	RBMK-1500
Reactor supplier	Mintyazhmash
Cooling source	Lake Drūkšiai
Thermal capacity	2 x 4800 MWt
Power generation
Make and model	Kharkiv turbine plant Electrosila
Units cancelled	2 x 1,360 MW
Units decommissioned	2 x 1,360 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,600 MW
Capacity factor	59.2%
Annual net output	19,240 GW·h (2004)
External links
Website	www.iae.lt
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (Lithuanian: Ignalinos atominė elektrinė, IAE) is a decommissioned two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas Municipality, Lithuania. It was named after the nearby city of Ignalina. Due to the plant's similarities to the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in both reactor design and lack of a robust containment building,^[1] Lithuania agreed to close the plant as part of its agreement of accession to the European Union. Unit 1 was closed in December 2004; Unit 2 in December 2009, the plant accounted for 25% of Lithuania's electricity generating capacity and supplied about 70% of Lithuania's electrical demand,^[2][3] was closed on December 31, 2009. Proposals have been made to construct a new nuclear power plant at the site, but such plans have yet to come to fruition.