Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant

Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant

Bilibino Nuclear Power Station
Location of Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant in Russia
Country Russia
Location Bilibino, Chukotka
Coordinates 68°3′1″N 166°32′19″E / 68.05028°N 166.53861°E / 68.05028; 166.53861Coordinates: 68°3′1″N 166°32′19″E / 68.05028°N 166.53861°E / 68.05028; 166.53861
Status Operational
Commission date 1974
Operator(s) Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor type EGP-6
Power generation
Units operational 4 x 12 MW
Annual generation 164.8 GWh
Website
bilnpp.rosenergoatom.ru

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.[1] The plant is the smallest and the northernmost operating nuclear power plant in the world.[2]

References

  1. "Russia: Bilibino". NTI. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  2. Nuttall, Mark. Encyclopedia of the Arctic. Routledge. p. 241. ISBN 1-57958-436-5.

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