Kola NPP

Part of: Russian nuclear power reactors

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.

ARTICLES
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[ 27.07.2010 ]
UPDATE: Russia’s Kola NPP still struggling after recent shutdowns and a slump in energy demand, but authorities remain unperturbed
MOSCOW – Russia’s Kola Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is still not out of the woods as engineers failed to re-launch Reactor Unit 3 after thunderstorms caused emergency shutdowns at the site in early July. It is also struggling against a record low demand for energy in the region, but local industry leaders are staunchly defending the aging plant, looking to make it tax-exempt and pushing for construction of new reactors.
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[ 23.07.2010 ]
Old safety concerns clamour for attention as bad weather causes emergency shutdowns at Russia’s Kola NPP
Storm-induced breakdowns in power transmission lines that resulted in emergency shutdowns at Kola Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in early July serve to underscore that continuing to run the reactors – two of which have long exhausted their operational life spans, while the other two will do so soon – is nothing short of a dangerous gamble, putting both population health and ecological safety at risk, environmentalists warn.
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Thomas Nilsen

[ 04.02.2010 ]
Kola Nuclear Power Plant first hides, then downplays incident
An energy transformer exploded into bits and pieces at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant located on the Kola Peninsula, in Northwest Russia. The incident led to a 50% reduction of power output from two reactor units leaving onsite spent nuclear fuel storage without energy supply. The authorities at the plant neglected to report about the incident.
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NEWS
[ 22.10.2008 ]
Russian nuclear oversight body to check federal regulations compliance at several nuke facilities

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.

[ 24.09.2008 ]
Rosatom give green light to Kola NPP 2

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.

[ 27.09.2007 ]
Russian Federal Service for Ecological, Technical and Atomic Supervision prolongs operational licenses for Kola NPP units

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.

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