Zarechny is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

, Russia

Russia

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, located on the Pyshma River

Pyshma River

Pyshma is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia. It is a tributary of the Tura, and is 603 km long, with a drainage basin of 19 700 km²....

 east of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

. Population:

It was granted urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

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 status in 1957; town status was granted in 1992.

Zarechny is set in a forested region, and also has the Beloyarsk nuclear power station. The site a 600 MW sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor. There are plans for an 800MW reactor, and there are two older reactors that have been decommissioned. There is also a 15 MW reactor used for research, and is involved in many international collaborations

The power station is also connected to a number of cultural events, and hosted a folk festival in 2008. A Zarechny woman Tatiana Vdovina also came third in the Miss Atom

Miss Atom

Miss Atom is a beauty contest open to women in Russia's nuclear industry and students in nuclear-related subjects. The competition has been run annually since 2004....

2008 beauty contest.

Zarechny is the home of the martial arts club "Desantnik", which is based opposite the memorial to soldiers fallen in modern wars.