Leningrad NPP

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News

13 September 2015
Leningrad NPP: power unit №3 shut down for repairs
The power unit №3 of the Leningrad NPP was stopped by an agreed application filed by the JSC "Concern Rosenergoatom" for performing repair works on thermal and mechanical equipment on September 12, 2015.

11 September 2015
Leningrad NPP-2: overlap construction completed at second power unit at level of turbine service
The overlap construction was completed at the level of 15.90 meters in the turbine building of the power unit №2. Basic technological equipment for engine room - turbine and generator - will be installed here.

9 September 2015
Leningrad NPP: repair works on the 3rd block completed ahead of schedule
8 days before the assigned day turbine generator TG-5 of the 3rd unit of the Leningrad NPP was put into operation after scheduled repair on September 4 at 18:02. The power unit is operaing at 504 mW capacity at the moment.

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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.