The Siberian Nuclear Power Plant (Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant) was built in the city of Seversk (then known as Tomsk-7), Tomsk Oblast. It was the second nuclear power plant in the USSR and the first industrial-scale nuclear power plant in the country (the first NPP, built in Obninsk, had a capacity of only 6 MW). While the Siberian Nuclear Power Plant did produce electricity, the primary product was weapons-grade plutonium for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program.[1]
| Siberian Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 Cooling towers of the Siberian Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | Russia |
| Location | Seversk |
| Coordinates | 56°37′37″N 84°54′19″E / 56.62694°N 84.90528°E |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | 1954 |
| Commission date | December 1958 |
| Decommission date | 2008 |
| Owner | Rosatom |
| Operator | Energoatom |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | ADE |
| Power generation | |
| Units decommissioned | I-1, EI-2, ADE-3, ADE-4, ADE-5 |
| Nameplate capacity | 600 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
References
edit- ^ Lowenhaupt, Henry S. "Somewhere in Siberia" (PDF). Somewhere in Siberia. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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