Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant

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Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant

Country	Slovakia
Owner	Slovenské elektrárne, a.s.
Operator	Electrostation Bohunice
Built	August 1, 1958
Start of commercial operation	December 25, 1972
Reactors
Reactors active	3 (1320 MW)
Reactors shut down	2 (584 MW)
Power
Capacity	MW
Total power generation in 2006	7,779 GWh
Average annual generation (last 5 yrs)	8,026 GWh
Net generation	263,471 GWh
Other details
As of July 22, 2007

The Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant (Slovak: Atómové elektrárne Bohunice, abbr. EBO) is a complex of two nuclear reactors situated 2.5 km from the village of Jaslovské Bohunice in the Trnava District in western Slovakia ( 48°29′40″N, 17°40′55″E).

The Bohunice NPP comprises two plants: V-1 and V-2. Both plants comprise two reactor units. They were gradually connected to the power network over the period between 1978 and 1985. The world's most widespread concept of pressurized reactors was adopted and the Soviet-era design VVER-440 was used in constructing the nuclear power plants V-1 and V-2.

Their annual electricity generation averages about 12,000 GWh. Upon development of a central heat supply system to the town of Trnava from Bohunice NPP, V-2 has switched to co-generation. Also part of this system is a heat feeder line commissioned in 1987. Commissioned in 1997, the heat feeder line to Leopoldov and Hlohovec is also designed by means of a branch from the line part of the Trnava heat feeder line.

There is also another power plant – the A-1 – on the Jaslovské Bohunice site. In February 22, 1977, the A-1 reactor suffered a major accident during refueling, rated INES-4. The plant currently undergoes a decommissioning process.