Smolensk NPP
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The Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant is situated close to the city of Desnogorsk, in Smolenskaya Region, some 350 kilometres southwest of Moscow. The plant consists of three graphite-moderated RMBK-1000 reactors (Chernobyl-type). The reactors started operating between 1983 to 1990.
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.
On December 19, at 16:41 local time, a transformer of the 330 kW general switchboard at the Smolensk NPP suffered a short-circuit failure.
The third reactor unit at Smolensk NPP suffered an emergency shut-down on June 22. The reactor is to be put back on line on June 25, reported RIA Novosti.
- Russian nuclear power reactors