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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Five weeks after the first unit of the new Leningrad II nuclear power plant in Russia was brought up to the minimum controllable power (MCP), the unit has started sending its first power to the electric grid.
State-owned nuclear corporation and plant owner Rosatom said the VVER 1200 reactor was on track for full commissioning later this year. It is the first of four VVER 1200 reactors planned for the new Leningrad II plant. The new plant will eventually replace the ageing Leningrad nuclear power plant, which has four operating RBMK-1000 units, first commissioned in 1974. The reactors are the same type that featured in the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine which suffered a partial meltdown in 1986. The first of these reactors will be decommissioned in 2019, with the others to follow in 2021, 2025 and 2026.
"The Leningrad new superpower unit has started generating first electricity and shifted from the being-constructed rank to the operating rank," said Director General of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev. "I would like to congratulate the team of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant as well as designers, builders, installers and adjusters with the birth of a new atomic giant."
Aleksandr Belyaev, the chief engineer of the new plant, said that the thermal power of the VVER-1200 reactor was brought up to 35% of maximum power, followed by the high-speed turbine reaching 3,000 revolutions per minute. While connected to the grid, the unit produced minimum controlled power of 240 MW for four hours, producing roughly 1 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. With the power start-up stage complete, the plant will now proceed to the pilot operation stage.
The new unit is the second VVER-1200 reactor constructed following the commissioning of the first at the Novovoronezh plant in 2016. The start-up operations for the Leningrad II unit began in early December when first fuel assemblies with fresh fuel were loaded in the reactor core. This was followed last month when the reactor was brought up to the minimum controllable power. For additional information, see February 14, 2018, article - Final Tests Occur at Unit I of Russia's Leningrad II Nuclear Power Plant.
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State-owned nuclear corporation and plant owner Rosatom said the VVER 1200 reactor was on track for full commissioning later this year. It is the first of four VVER 1200 reactors planned for the new Leningrad II plant. The new plant will eventually replace the ageing Leningrad nuclear power plant, which has four operating RBMK-1000 units, first commissioned in 1974. The reactors are the same type that featured in the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine which suffered a partial meltdown in 1986. The first of these reactors will be decommissioned in 2019, with the others to follow in 2021, 2025 and 2026.
"The Leningrad new superpower unit has started generating first electricity and shifted from the being-constructed rank to the operating rank," said Director General of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev. "I would like to congratulate the team of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant as well as designers, builders, installers and adjusters with the birth of a new atomic giant."
Aleksandr Belyaev, the chief engineer of the new plant, said that the thermal power of the VVER-1200 reactor was brought up to 35% of maximum power, followed by the high-speed turbine reaching 3,000 revolutions per minute. While connected to the grid, the unit produced minimum controlled power of 240 MW for four hours, producing roughly 1 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. With the power start-up stage complete, the plant will now proceed to the pilot operation stage.
The new unit is the second VVER-1200 reactor constructed following the commissioning of the first at the Novovoronezh plant in 2016. The start-up operations for the Leningrad II unit began in early December when first fuel assemblies with fresh fuel were loaded in the reactor core. This was followed last month when the reactor was brought up to the minimum controllable power. For additional information, see February 14, 2018, article - Final Tests Occur at Unit I of Russia's Leningrad II Nuclear Power Plant.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Our European headquarters are located in Galway, Ireland. Follow IIR Europe on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn For more information on our European coverage send inquiries to info@industrialinfo.eu or visit us online at Industrial Info Europe.
