Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant Explained

Siberian Nuclear Power Plant
Coordinates:56.6269°N 84.9053°W
Country:Russia
Location:Seversk
Status:Decommissioned
Construction Began:1954
Commissioned:December 1958
Decommissioned:2008
Owner:Rosatom
Operator:Energoatom
Ps Units Decommissioned:I-1, EI-2, ADE-3, ADE-4, ADE-5
Np Reactor Type:ADE
Ps Electrical Capacity:600

The Siberian Nuclear Power Plant (Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant) was built in the city of Seversk (then known as Tomsk-7), Tomsk Oblast. It was the second nuclear power plant in the USSR and the first industrial-scale nuclear power plant in the country (the first NPP, built in Obninsk, had a capacity of only 6 MW). While the Siberian Nuclear Power Plant did produce electricity, the primary product was weapons-grade plutonium for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program.[1]

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  1. Web site: Lowenhaupt . Henry S. . Somewhere in Siberia . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210914070631/https://www.cia.gov/static/b16c03ad3580c90a57b4bedaf57d0ba1/Somewhere-in-Siberia.pdf . September 14, 2021 . 5 March 2022 . Somewhere in Siberia.