Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant

Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant
Location of Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant in Russia
Country Russia
Location Bilibino, Chukotka
Coordinates 68°3′1″N 166°32′19″E / 68.05028°N 166.53861°E / 68.05028; 166.53861Coordinates: 68°3′1″N 166°32′19″E / 68.05028°N 166.53861°E / 68.05028; 166.53861
Status Operational
Commission date 1974
Operator(s) Rosenergoatom
Nuclear power station
Reactor type EGP-6
Power generation
Units operational 4 x 12 MW
Average generation 164.8 GWh
Website
bilnpp.rosenergoatom.ru

The Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Билибинская АЭС [ pronunciation ]) is a power plant in Bilibino, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The plant is equipped with four EGP-6 reactors.[1] The plant is the smallest and the northernmost operating nuclear power plant in the world.[2] Plans to begin a shutdown procedure of the plant in 2019 have been announced,[3] and it will be replaced by the floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov.[4]

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