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Rosatom launches preparations to build 4 nuclear reactors in Russia

Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom has launched the preparations to build four new nuclear power units in the Leningrad and Smolensk Regions in Russia. The group plans to build two new VVER-TOI with a total capacity of 2,510 MW at Smolensk II and two VVER-1200 units (3 and 4) at Leningrad II. Rosatom plans to prepare and approve an action plan on the Smolensk project by the end of 2020, in order to start the project financing process. The group will also carry out a preliminary work implementation project at Leningrad II by the end of 2020 and a construction project evaluation until 2022.

The Leningrad I nuclear power plant in Russia consists of four RMBK-1000 nuclear reactors rated 925 MW (1,000 MW gross) each and commissioned between 1973 and 1981; the first unit was stopped in December 2018. A second phase (Leningrad II) is adding four VVER-1200 reactors: the first one rated 1,085 MW was connected to the grid in March 2018, and the second one is expected in early 2021 (hot test completed in June 2020).

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