Leningrad NPP

The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant is situated in the closed town of Sosnovy Bor, 80 kilometres west of St. Petersburg. The plant consists of four graphite-moderated reactors of the RBMK-1000 type (Chernobyl-type). The reactors were put in operation between 1974 and 1981. The oldest reactor received a 15 year prolongation its engineered life span in 2004.

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Alexander Gorbanovsky/Bellona

[ 10.09.2009 ]
Rosatom and Bellona try to find common ground on environmental issues at seminar
ST. PETERSBURG – Russia’s state nuclear corporation and Bellona yesterday kicked off a seminary entitled “the Ecological Aspects of the use of Cooling Towers in Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Systems – a reare and surprising joint effort between the Russia’s nuclear industry and NGOs.
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[ 31.08.2009 ]
UPDATE: Possibly catastrophic technical malfunction shuts down No. 3 reactor at Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant
ST. PETERSBURG – The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant’s third energy block was stopped last week in aversion of a serious accident when it was discovered that a crack had developed in the accumulator of a feed pump, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.
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Росэнергоатом

[ 07.01.2009 Comment ]
How to perform CPR on a Chernobyl-type reactor: Leningrad NPP’s own recipe for disaster
The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP) will in 2009 take one of its four reactor blocks offline for six-month-long repairs and preparations to extend the reactor’s operational life span. Performing works of such calibre on an outdated Chernobyl-type reactor is nothing more than a dangerous experiment that may lead to catastrophic consequences.
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NEWS
[ 26.10.2008 ]
Ceremonial cornerstone laid at site of second Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

The ceremonial cornerstone for the construction of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant 2 was laid on Friday in the city of Sosnovy Bor – 80 kilometers to St. Petersburg’s east – which will constitute the first brick of the plant’s first reactor block.

[ 26.06.2008 ]
Arbitration court refuses to hear Bellona’s case against local authorities over Second Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Petersburg Arbitration Court refused to review a dispute between Bellona’s St. Petersburg offices and the administration of the Smolninskoye District, which had refused Bellona the right to review engineering documents relative to the construction of a second Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant.

[ 18.10.2005 ]
$1.7m for new Leningrad NPP-2 design

St Petersburg department of the Russian National Reserve Bank issued a $1.7m credit for the St Petersburg institute Atomenergoproekt, reported the bank’s website.

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