Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant
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The Bilibino Nuclear power plant ( []) is a power plant
in Bilibino
, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
, Russia. The plant is equipped with four EGP-6
reactors. The plant is the smallest and the northernmost operating nuclear power plant in the world.
Power station
A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....
in Bilibino
Bilibino
Bilibino is a town and gold-mining center in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located at the confluence of the Karalve'em and the Bolshoy Keperve'em Rivers north-west of Anadyr. It is the second largest town in Chukotka...
, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr...
, Russia. The plant is equipped with four EGP-6
EGP-6
- Design :The EGP-6 reactors are a scaled down version of the RBMK reactor design. Notably, these reactors along with the RBMK designs are some of the few active reactors which still use light water cooled graphite as a neutron moderator....
reactors. The plant is the smallest and the northernmost operating nuclear power plant in the world.