Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant
The Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Билибинская АЭС [
pronunciation ]) is a power plant in Bilibino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The plant is equipped with four EGP-6 reactors.[2] The plant is the smallest and the second northernmost operating nuclear power plant in the world.[3] Plans to begin a shutdown procedure of the plant in 2019 have been announced,[4] and it will be replaced by the floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov.[5]
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| Country | Russia |
| Location | Bilibino, Chukotka |
| Coordinates | 68°3′1″N 166°32′19″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1974 |
| Operator(s) | Rosenergoatom |
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| Reactor type | EGP-6 |
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| Units operational | 3 x 12 MW |
| Units decommissioned | 1 x 12 MW[1] |
| Nameplate capacity | 36 MW |
| Capacity factor | 39.2% |
| Annual net output | 164.8 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | bilnpp.rosenergoatom.ru |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
References
- "PRIS - Reactor Details". pris.iaea.org. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- "Russia: Bilibino". NTI. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
- Nuttall, Mark (23 September 2005). Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 241. ISBN 1-57958-436-5.
- Билибинская АЭС на Чукотке будет остановлена в 2019 году
- "Work starts on on-shore infrastructure for Russian floating plant". World Nuclear News. 7 October 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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