Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant
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| Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station | |
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 The six units of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. |
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| Official name | Запорізька АЕС |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Location | Enerhodar |
| Coordinates | 47°30′44″N 34°35′09″E / 47.51222°N 34.58583°ECoordinates: 47°30′44″N 34°35′09″E / 47.51222°N 34.58583°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1981 |
| Commission date | 1985 |
| Owner(s) | Energoatom |
| Reactor information | |
| Reactors operational | 6 × 1,000 MWe |
| Reactor type(s) | VVER |
| Reactor supplier(s) | Mintyazhmash |
| Turbine manufacturer(s) | Electrotyazhmash |
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| Installed capacity | 6,000 MWe |
| As of 21 November 2010 | |
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station (Ukrainian: Запорізька АЕС) in Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third largest in the world.
The plant is located in Central Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar, on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. It has 6 VVER-1000 pressurized light water nuclear reactors, each generating 1000 MWe, for a total power output of 6,000 MWe.[1] The first five were successively brought online between 1985 and 1989, and the sixth was added in 1995. The plant generates about half of the country's electricity derived from nuclear power and more than a fifth of total electricity generated in Ukraine.
[edit] See also
- Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing
- List of power stations in Ukraine
- Threat of the Dnieper reservoirs
- Zaporozika DRES
