Russia’s Kola Nuclear Plant to run its oldest reactor even longer
MURMANSK – Despite the fact that the Kola nuclear power plant
produces 500 megawatts of unneeded energy per year, Russia’s nuclear
utility Rosenergoatom is holding a tender for upgrades to the station’s
No 1 reactor — with the aim of running it for 60 years.
According to the Goczakupok,
the state’s official site for open tenders, Rosenergoatom is billing
the work for nearly 700 million rubles ($10.3 million) and the upgrades
are to take place between June 1, 2016 and October 1, 2018. Candidates
for the project, says the site, are being accepted until April 4 and the
winner will be announced by May 4.
Vasily Omelchuk, the plant’s director, says that the foreseeable
future holds no possibilities for other energy development, be it in the
form of new hydroelectric stations, renewable sources or even the
construction of a second Kola nuclear power plant.
“Therefore the engineered lifespans of reactors No 1 and 2 were
extended by 15 years to 2018 and 2019,” said Omelchuk. “The station has
worked out an investment plan to extend the lifespan of it reactors
generally to 60 years, or for 15 years a piece,” he told an ecological
gathering of the Murmansk Regional Government and the Public Council on
Atomic Energy.
The station’s reactor No 1 this year reached 43 years old. All four of
the plants reactors are working on extended engineering lifespans, and
each was initially designed expected to run for 30 years.
Data: 27.03.2016
Fonte: www.bellona.org
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