Leningrad NPP

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3 October 2015
The Leningrad NPP: power unit №3 stopped
The power unit №3 of the Leningrad NPP was stopped by the request on October 3 at 02 h. 2 min. As a result of the storm there was an increase in water level in the Gulf of Finland and in amount of slime that had an effect on the correct operation of the water intake equipment of the LNPP.

29 September 2015
Leningrad NPP: more than 20 families of servicemen guarding nuclear power plant received keys to new apartments
The keys for 21 apartments (13 one-bedroom and 8 two-bedroom) in Sosnovy Bor new building in the modern area "Zarechye" were given by the Director of the Leningrad NPP Vladimir Pereguda to soldiers of the military unit 3705 of Russian Interior Ministry troops in a festive atmosphere with sounds of a military band.

24 September 2015
Leningrad NPP-2: cooler of organized leaks and feeding deaerator installed at newly built power unit №1
Rigging of large equipment - feeding deaerator and cooler of organized leaks - was performed in an auxiliary building 10UKA of the power unit №1 at the Leningrad NPP-2

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Leningrad NPP is situated 80 km west of St.Petersburg on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. It consists of four 1000 MW units. The 1 st and 2nd units are situated 5 km south-west of Sosnovy Bor, the 3 rd and 4th ones – 2 km to the west.

Leningrad NPP is a bright example of an advanced industrial enterprise of the age of scientific-technical revolution.

Its unique image serves two main ideas: it is an organic part of plain nature and, at the same time, a typical model of a sophisticated industrial facility.

It is really grandiose: its main building is 1,200,000 m3 large, the reactor 56 m high, the façade over 400 m long.

The architecture is laconic and clear: everything is subservient to the technological process. The elegant, specifically silhouetted reactors constitute a vast impressive complex. The plant is as big as it is meaningful.

Technology is the domineering element: it cements the edifice giving it external finish and internal stability.

The pivot of the complex is the vertical line of the air chimney – it gives the complex peculiarity you will never forget. But this plant is not only a piece of architecture. It is also a system of operating units. And everything here is well-adjusted and perfectly-trimmed. Each sub-system has its own specific structural module – but all together they make an optimum that serves maximum efficiency.

Special attention is given to the multiple forced circulation facilities – the technological and architectural basis of an NPP with RBMK reactors.

This is a product of high architectural intelligence and effective functional mentality, a model for all future RBMK NPPs.

If you look at the plant from the sea, it will appear as an elegant contrast of skyscraping vertical and far-stretching horizon.

The façade is really amazing, with a vast mosaic of colored glass shining brightly in the sun

The color palette ranges from light gray and white in the 1st and 2 nd units to bright blue of the 3rd and 4th units. This bright blue spots are meant to give the reactors a major sounding against the tranquil accompaniment of the white-and-gray landscape.