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    The water-water energetic reactor (WWER), or VVER (from Russian: водо-водяной энергетический реактор; transliterates as vodo-vodyanoi enyergeticheskiy...
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  • reactor based on VVER technology developed by Rosatom. The VVER-TOI design is intended to improve the competitiveness of Russian VVER technology in international...
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    foundations. The first VVER-TOI reactor. Kursk-II-1 and II-2 will replace Kursk 1 and 2 RBMK which are approaching end of life. As two more VVER-TOI Units are...
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    fuel (of various compositions) from power reactors (BN-350, VVER-440, BN-600, RBMK-1000, VVER-1000; BN-MOX), from the research reactors of Russian and foreign...
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    the first of the two units is expected to go into operation in 2024. The VVER-1200/523 Nuclear reactor and critical infrastructures are being built by...
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    developments, however, certain older VVER models raise a high level of concern, especially the VVER-440 V230. The VVER-440 V230 has no containment building...
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    as of 2018. The VVER-1200 pressurised water reactor is the system currently offered for construction, being an evolution of the VVER-1000 with increased...
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    Most use anywhere from two to four vertically mounted steam generators; VVER reactors use horizontal steam generators. PWRs were originally designed to...
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    building. As an example, Rosatom installed a 200-tonne core catcher in the VVER reactor as the first large piece of equipment in the reactor building of...
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    Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    delays due to opposition from local fishermen. KKNPP is scheduled to have six VVER-1000 reactors built in collaboration with Atomstroyexport, the Russian state...
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    after the annexation of Crimea. In 2018, Westinghouse's contract to supply VVER fuel was extended to 2025. Oil and natural gas provide the remainder of the...
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  • operation". Retrieved 31 January 2024. "The construction of the 2nd innovative VVER-TOI power block at the Kursk NPP-2 site has started ahead of schedule". rosenergoatom...
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  • El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    Egypt, about 320 kilometers northwest of Cairo. The plant will have four VVER-1200 reactors, making Egypt the only country in the region to have a Generation...
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    Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    kilometers west of Yerevan in Armenia. The ANPP complex consists of two VVER-440 Model V270 nuclear reactors, each capable of generating 407.5 megawatts...
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  • higher temperatures. One SCWR design under development is the VVER-1700/393 (VVER-SCWR or VVER-SKD) – a Russian SCWR with double-inlet-core and a breeding...
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    Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    between 2 reactors. In 2008, construction started on Leningrad II with 2 VVER-1200 type reactors. They will eventually replace the RBMK units as they are...
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    Paks Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    Hungary's electricity production. VVER is the Soviet designation for a pressurized water reactor. The number following VVER, in this case 440, represents...
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  • the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the plant's design was again re-drawn to use VVER-1000 reactors. All construction came to a complete stop in 1990, not long...
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    the NuScale MASLWR), the Russian Federation (offering both the VVER-1000 and the VVER-1200 for export), the Republic of France (offering the AREVA EPR...
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    core catchers, besides the EPR, are: SNR-300 (fast breeder) AES-91 / VVER-1000/428 VVER-1200(PWR) SWR1000 (BWR) ESBWR (BWR) ABWR (BWR) APWR (PWR) Atmea I...
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    Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    966 MW net. Units 5 and 6, constructed in 1987 and 1991, respectively are VVER-1000 reactors. By 2017, Unit 5 was to be upgraded to reach a capacity of...
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  • Notes Armenian Yerevan Armenian 1 VVER 408 1976-1988 Shutdown after the Spitak Earthquake and Chernobyl accident 2 VVER 440 1980-1988, 1995– Shutdown after...
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    modern VVER type reactors. The three sites (Kursk I, Leningrad I, Smolensk I) which all consist of 3+ RBMK reactors are going to be replaced with VVER-1200...
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  • memorandum of understanding with Ciner Insaat Ticaret ve Sanayi to promote its VVER-design pressurized water reactors in Turkey. In Bangladesh, proposals have...
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    Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    Slovakia. Two up-rated 470 MW (originally 440 MW) reactors plus a 471 MW VVER 440 reactor are presently in operation, with a fourth of the same type under...
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  • ongoing agreement of 1988 vintage with India regarding establishing of two VVER 1000 MW reactors (water-cooled water-moderated light water power reactors)...
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    French and Russian PWRs targeting to explore future possibilities for the new VVER-1200 nuclear power plant units in Hungary". "Definition of "baseload"". www...
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    Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (category Nuclear power stations using VVER reactors)
    Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. The plant is operated by Energoatom. Two VVER-1000 reactors are operational, each generating 1000 MW (net) of electricity...
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  • Ostrovets 1 PWR VVER-1200/V-491 Operational 1109 6 Nov 2013 10 Jun 2021 2 PWR VVER-1200/V-491 Operational 1109 24 Apr 2014 1 Nov 2023 Minsk 1 PWR VVER-1000 Unfinished...
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  • contract to supply VVER fuel was extended to 2025. In 2018, Westinghouse, under a further EU-funded project, started developing VVER-440 fuel. In October...
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