Leningrad NPP
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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.
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City Administration of St. Petersburg
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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.
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.
St Petersburg department of the Russian National Reserve Bank issued a $1.7m credit for the St Petersburg institute Atomenergoproekt, reported the banks website.