Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant


The Kalinin Nuclear Power Station is located about north west of Moscow, in Tver Oblast near the town of Udomlya. Owner and operator of the plant is the state enterprise Rosenergoatom. Kalinin Nuclear Power Station supplies the majority of electricity in the Tver region and additionally serves Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Vladimir. In 2005 the nuclear power station fed into the grid. The station's four tall cooling towers are local landmarks. They were manufactured in 96 concrete sections each.
By March 2009 the containment structure of the new Kalinin Unit 4 reactor was nearly complete. The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.

Reactor data

The Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant has four units:
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Kalinin - 1VVER-1000/338950 MW1,000 MW1977/02/011984/05/091985/06/122025
Kalinin - 2VVER-1000/338950 MW1,000 MW1982/02/011986/12/031987/03/032038
Kalinin - 3VVER-1000/320950 MW1,000 MW1985/10/012004/12/162005/11/082034
Kalinin - 4VVER-1000/320950 MW1,000 MW1986/08/012011/11/242012/12/252041