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Beloyarsk 1

Status: Shut down reached first criticality September 1, 1963 Reactor status full glossary → Announced Publicly announced — a site and design are proposed, but construction has not begun. Site preparation Early site and civil works are under way; the first safety-related ("nuclear") concrete has not yet been poured. Under construction Formal construction has begun, marked by the first nuclear concrete. Fuel loaded Nuclear fuel has been loaded into the core. The reactor is fuelled but has not yet gone critical. Critical Has reached first criticality — a self-sustaining chain reaction, usually at low power — but is not yet connected to the grid. Grid connected Synchronised to the electrical grid and exporting power for the first time, but still in commissioning and power-ascension testing — not yet in commercial service. Operating In commercial operation — the operator has formally declared the unit in regular commercial service. Shut down Permanently shut down and no longer generating; may be defuelled, undergoing decommissioning, or preserved in place. Canceled Abandoned before completion.

Developer: Rosenergoatom (Rosatom)

Site: Zarechny, Sverdlovsk Oblast

RussiaChelyabinskOmskNizhny NovgorodYekaterinburgSamaraNovosibirskLipetsk
Zarechny, Sverdlovsk Oblast56.8500° N, 61.3167° E
Summary:

First unit at Beloyarsk; AMB-100 graphite-moderated channel reactor with nuclear superheat; permanently shut down 1983-01-01

Details

DesignAMB-100
Electrical output102 MWe

Milestone history

  1. Announced —
  2. Construction start June 1, 1958
  3. Fuel load —
  4. First criticality September 1, 1963
  5. Grid connection April 26, 1964
  6. Commercial operation April 26, 1964

References

  1. World Nuclear Association reactor database, Beloyarsk 1
  2. Wikipedia Beloyarsk NPP
  3. IAEA PRIS, Russia