Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant
The Kalinin Nuclear Power Station is located about north west of Moscow, in Tver Oblast near the town of Udomlya. Owner and operator of the plant is the state enterprise Rosenergoatom. Kalinin Nuclear Power Station supplies the majority of electricity in the Tver region and additionally serves Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Vladimir. In 2005 the nuclear power station fed into the grid. The station's four tall cooling towers are local landmarks. They were manufactured in 96 concrete sections each.
By March 2009 the containment structure of the new Kalinin Unit 4 reactor was nearly complete. The reactor achieved its first criticality on 8 November 2011.The Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant has four units:
| Unit | Reactor type | Net
capacity | Gross
capacity | Construction
started | Electricity
Grid | Commercial
Operation | Shutdown |
| Kalinin - 1 | VVER-1000/338 | 950 MW | 1,000 MW | 1977/02/01 | 1984/05/09 | 1985/06/12 | 2025 |
| Kalinin - 2 | VVER-1000/338 | 950 MW | 1,000 MW | 1982/02/01 | 1986/12/03 | 1987/03/03 | 2038 |
| Kalinin - 3 | VVER-1000/320 | 950 MW | 1,000 MW | 1985/10/01 | 2004/12/16 | 2005/11/08 | 2034 |
| Kalinin - 4 | VVER-1000/320 | 950 MW | 1,000 MW | 1986/08/01 | 2011/11/24 | 2012/12/25 | 2041 |
