Leningrad NPP background
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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.
Alexander Gorbanovsky/Bellona
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09.09.2009
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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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30.08.2009
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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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07.01.2009
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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 Performing works of such calibre on an outdated Chernobyl-type reactor is nothing more than a dangerous experiment that may lead to catastrophic consequences.