Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant
First industrial-scale nuclear power plant built in the USSR
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The Siberian Nuclear Power Plant (Sibirskaya Nuclear Power Plant) was built in the city of Seversk (then known as Tomsk-7), Tomsk Oblast. It was the second nuclear power plant in the USSR and the first industrial-scale nuclear power plant in the country (the first NPP, built in Obninsk, had a capacity of only 6 MW). While the Siberian Nuclear Power Plant did produce electricity, the primary product was weapons-grade plutonium for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program.[1]
References
- ^ Lowenhaupt, Henry S. "Somewhere in Siberia" (PDF). Somewhere in Siberia. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- A Brief History of: The Tomsk-7 is Nuclear Excursion (Short Documentary)
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