Kursk NPP

Part of: Russian nuclear power reactors

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The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is situated by the city Kurshatov in Kurskaya Region, 500 kilometres south of Moscow. The plant consists of four graphite-moderated reactors of the RBMK-1000 type (Chernobyl-type). The reactors were put in operation between 1977 and 1986.

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[ 20.10.2008 ]
Ecological groups call for investors to boycott finishing Kursk reactor
MOSCOW – Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has announced a call for private investors to complete the construction of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant’s contentious Chernobyl style RMBK No. 5 reactor block.
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[ 04.02.2003 ]
Euratom loans could be used to complete Kursk reactor
The European Commission unveiled its "nuclear package" January 30th which includes proposals for using Euratom loans to complete the construction of a RBMK-1000 reactor at the Kursk plant in Russia. This would reduce nuclear safety while subsidising the nuclear industry.
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[ 25.06.2007 ]
Reactor no.2 at Kursk nuclear power plant shut down

An emergency system shut down the 2nd reactor at the Kursk nuclear power plant, the press service of Rosenergoatom said today.

[ 28.09.2006 ]
Rosatom to “definitely” build the Kursk NPP-2

Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko announced in a meeting with nuclear workers today - which is the Russia’s national holiday for employees of the atomic industry - that the second Kursk Nuclear Power plant (NPP) will “definitely be built,” the RIA Novosti Russian news agency reported.

[ 03.05.2005 ]
Protest against postponing unit no. 5 construction at Kursk NPP

Five thousand people took part in the protest against postponing unit no. 5 construction at Kursk NPP in Kurchatov city in the end of March.

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