Rostov Nuclear Power Plant


Rostov Nuclear Power Plant, also known as Volgodonsk Nuclear Power Plant, is a Russian nuclear power plant located on the left bank of the Tsimlyansk reservoir in the lower stream of the Don River near Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast.
Construction of Rostov reactor No. 1 began in 1977 and operations began in 2001. Construction of reactor No. 2 commenced in 1983 and finished in 2010. Unit 3 was connected to the electrical grid for the first time in December 2015. Unit 4 underwent first criticality on 7 December 2017, and put into commercial operation on 28 September 2018. Units No. 3 and 4 are of an upgraded VVER-1000/320 subtype.
The post-Soviet Union revival of the nuclear industry of Russia took place at Rostov in the early 2000s, with the completion of the building of unit 2 in 2010, unit 3 in 2015 and unit 4 in 2017. Unit 4 was the last VVER-1000/V-320 reactor built.

Reactors

UnitReactor typeNet
capacity		Gross
capacity		Construction
started		Commercial
Operation		Shutdown
Rostov 1VVER-1000/320950 MW1000 MW1 September 198125 December 2001-
Rostov 2VVER-1000/320950 MW1000 MW1 May 198310 December 2010-
Rostov 3VVER-1000/320950 MW1000 MW15 September 200917 September 2015-
Rostov 4VVER-1000/3201011 MW1030 MW16 June 201028 September 2018-