Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant


The Novovoronezh nuclear power station is a nuclear power station close to Novovoronezh in Voronezh Oblast, central Russia. The site was vital to the development of the VVER design; every unit built was essentially a prototype of its design. On this site is built the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II.

History

In 2002 Novovoronezh-3 was modernised and life extended, including new safety systems.
In 2010 Novovoronezh-5 was shut down for modernization to extend its operating life for an additional 25 years, the first VVER-1000 to undergo such an operating life extension. The works include the modernization of management, protection and emergency systems, and improvement of security and radiation safety systems.
As of 2018 unit 4 is undergoing modernisation work for a 15-year life extension, taking its operational life to 60 years. This involved annealing its reactor pressure vessel and using parts from the recently shutdown unit 3.

Reactor data

The Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant has five units:
UnitReactor typeNet
capacity		Gross
capacity		Construction
started		Electricity
Grid		Commercial
Operation		Shutdown
VVER-210 197 MW210 MW1957-07-011964-09-301964-12-311988-02-16
VVER-365 336 MW365 MW1964-06-011969-12-271970-04-141990-08-29
VVER-440/179385 MW417 MW1967-07-011971-12-271972-06-292016-12-25
VVER-440/179385 MW417 MW1967-07-011972-12-281973-03-242032 planned
VVER-1000/187 950 MW1,000 MW1974-03-011980-05-311981-02-202035 planned

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