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

Tsimlyansk Reservoir

Tsimlyansk Reservoir or Tsimlyanskoye Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Don River in the territories of Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts at . Completed in 1952, the reservoir is one of the largest in Russia, providing power and irrigation to the Rostov and Volgograd regions...

 in the lower stream of the Don River

Don River (Russia)

The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....

 near Volgodonsk

Volgodonsk

Volgodonsk is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the eastern part of the oblast on the west bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir. Population: 28,000 .-History:...

, Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast

Rostov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Southern Federal District. Rostov Oblast has an area of and a population of making it the sixth most populous federal subject in Russia...

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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 2009. In 2009 work on reactor No. 3 was restarted and work on No. 4 is being scheduled as well. Completion of No. 3 is planned for 2013. Units No. 3 and 4 will be an upgraded VVER-1000/320 subtype.

Reactors

Four units are planned in total.

Unit	Reactor type	Net capacity	Gross capacity	Construction started	Commercial Operation	Shutdown
Rostov 1	VVER-1000/320	950 MW Watt The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...	1000 MW	October 28, 1977	December 25, 2001	-
Rostov 2	VVER-1000/320	950 MW	1000 MW	1983	December 19, 2009	-
Rostov 3	VVER-1000/320	1011 MW	1070 MW	2009 and earlier	(2013)	-
Rostov 4	VVER-1000/320	1011 MW	1070 MW	2010 and earlier	(2014)	-