Nuclear plant of Leningrad

The Nuclear plant of Leningrad (Russian ЛенинградскаяАЭС) is located 80 km at the west of Saint-Petersbourg at the edge of the Golfe of Finland. The power station is known also under the name of Sosnovy Bor.

Description

The power station is equipped with four engines RBMK -1000 of type TF U-graphite (tubes of force U-graphite):
  • Leningrad 1 : brought into service in 1973,
  • Leningrad 2 : brought into service in 1975,
  • Leningrad 3 : brought into service in 1979,
  • Leningrad 4 : brought into service in 1981.
The first two engines are RBMK of 1st generation, the two last are RBMK of 2nd generation. Engines RBMK of first generation are considered most dangerous, the broken engine of Tchernobyl belonged to the second generation.
The owner-owner is the government enterprise Rosenergoatom.

External bonds

  • Panorama of the nuclear industry of Russia
  • (English) Description of the power station of Leningrad

See too

See also: List of the nuclear reactors

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