Kola NPP
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Foto: Thomas Nilsen |
The Kola Nuclear Power Plant is situated in a central location close to the heavy industry on the Kola Peninsula, about 15 kilometres west of the city of Polyarnye Zory. There are four pressurized water reactors of the type VVER-440 at the plant, which where put in operation in 1973, 1975, 1982 and 1984. In 2003 and 2004 the two oldest reactors receive a 15-year prolongation of their engineered life spans.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
greenworld.org.ru
ST. PETERSBURG - Russia’s Federal Service for Environment, Technology and Nuclear Oversight (Rostekhnadzor) chief Nikolai Kutin confirmed a series of planned inspections to check observance of regulations governing spent nuclear fuel shipping at the Kola Peninsula Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), and the physical safety of nuclear material at the Smolenk NPP and the Mayak Chemical, the service’s press service said.
Confirming long held suspicions, Russia’s state nuclear corporation has announced it will go ahead with building a new nuclear power plant on the Kola Peninsula, which will replace the capacities of the ageing Kola Nuclear Power Plant, news agencies reported.
Since 2001 Russian Federal Service for Ecological, Technical and Atomic Supervision, or Rostekhnadzor, issued licenses to the Russian Federal Nuclear Agency for 11 nuclear units, reported Rostekhnadzor’s website.
- Russian nuclear power reactors