Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
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The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine
is the largest nuclear power plant
in Europe
and the third largest in the world.
The plant is located in Central Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar
, on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir
on the Dnieper river. It has 6 VVER-1000
pressurized light water nuclear reactors
, each generating 1000 MWe
, for a total power output of 6,000 MWe. The first five were successively brought online between 1985 and 1989, and the sixth was added in 1995. The plant generates about half of the country's electricity derived from nuclear power and more than a fifth of total electricity
generated in Ukraine.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
is the largest nuclear power plant
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the third largest in the world.
The plant is located in Central Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar
Enerhodar
Enerhodar is the city in north-west part of Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine.Enerhodar is located on the left bank of Dnieper river near the Kakhovka Reservoir....
, on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir
Kakhovka Reservoir
The Kakhovka Reservoir is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. It covers a total surface area of 2,155 square kilometres in the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts of Ukraine...
on the Dnieper river. It has 6 VVER-1000
VVER
The VVER, or WWER, is a series of pressurised water reactors originally developed by the Soviet Union, and now Russia, by OKB Gidropress. Power output ranges from 440 MWe to 1200 MWe with the latest Russian development of the design...
pressurized light water nuclear reactors
Pressurized water reactor
Pressurized water reactors constitute a large majority of all western nuclear power plants and are one of three types of light water reactor , the other types being boiling water reactors and supercritical water reactors...
, each generating 1000 MWe
MWE
MWE may refer to:*Manufacturer's Weight Empty*McDermott Will & Emery*Midwest Express, an airline*Merowe Airport - IATA code*Multiword expressionMWe may refer to:*Megawatt electrical...
, for a total power output of 6,000 MWe. The first five were successively brought online between 1985 and 1989, and the sixth was added in 1995. The plant generates about half of the country's electricity derived from nuclear power and more than a fifth of total electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
generated in Ukraine.
See also
- Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline CrossingEnerhodar Dnipro Powerline CrossingEnerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing is the designation of two powerline crossings of Kakhovka Reservoir of Dnipro rivernear Enerhodar.The first powerline, which was built in 1977 and runs from Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant, consists of seven 90 metres and two 100 metres high pylons, which were...
- List of power stations in Ukraine
- Threat of the Dnieper reservoirsThreat of the Dnieper reservoirsThe water reservoirs of the Dnieper River in Ukraine pose a significant threat of a large-scale human-made disaster if their dams fail. Such a threat is typical for reservoir dams; however, the Dnieper reservoirs are especially dangerous because of the geographical conditions, as well as the...
- Zaporozika DRESZaporizhzhia thermal power stationZaporiska DRES is a large thermal power plant at Enerhodar in Ukraine.The Zaporizhzhia thermal power plant was built in the years 1971-1977. It has a tall flue gas stack, which belongs to the tallest free-standing structures at Ukraine....