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LOCATION: Khabarovsk

TYPE: AST-500

UNITS: Two

CURRENT STATUS:

Construction of Units 1 and 2 is scheduled to be completed by 2010. Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported that there are plans to install new VVER-640 reactors at the Khabarovsk nuclear power plant after the year 2000. The VVER-640 is a new-generation nuclear reactor designed during a three-year joint project conducted by the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy and the German company Siemens.[1,2]

Sources:
[1] Ann MacLachlan, "Russia Okays Plan To Proceed With Major Nuclear Construction," NUCLEONICS WEEK, 1/21/93, pp. 1, 12-13.
[2] Andrey Vaganov, "New Generation Of Nuclear Reactors," NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA, 11/4/95.

 

Last Updated November 5 1997
For more recent developments, see the Nuclear Power Developments file.

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