Hello, comrades.
It is with great pleasure that I want to tell you about my visit to the city of Balakovo, which is known for the fact that one of the 11 nuclear power plants of the Russian Federation - the Balakovo NPP - is based there.
The city of Balakovo is located in the Saratov region, 170 km from one of the major cities of the Volga region – Saratov. Balakovo NPP is located 8 kilometers from the city.
In fact, Balakovo is a unique city in Russia – no other city has three energy producing enterprises at the same time – nuclear power plant, hydroelectric power plant and thermal power plant. It was thanks to the active construction of hydroelectric power plant during the Soviet Union that the city received a powerful industrial, cultural and demographic development. The city became a grandiose All-Union Komsomol construction site, attracting a huge number of students from all over the country.
The city itself is very cozy and green.
So, in 1977, the construction of a nuclear power plant begins near the city…
Initially, it was supposed to be called Privolzhskaya and consist of 6 power units, almost exactly repeating the Zaporozhye NPP in the Ukrainian SSR. The first power unit was supposed to be commissioned in 1984, but due to a number of circumstances, it happened only in 1985. The next 3 blocks were commissioned in 1987, 1988, 1993, respectively, and the construction of the fifth and sixth blocks was frozen in 1992 (no further construction is planned).
So, Balakovo NPP is the acknowledged leader in the Russian nuclear industry by many indicators. At present, the enterprise generates about 30 billion kWh of electricity annually and is the top performer among all nuclear power plants of Russia. The electricity is supplied to consumers in the Volga region, Central Russia, Ural and Siberia.
The plant has been awarded the title of Russia’s Best NPP 17 times and has become a pilot platform where new advanced fuel for VVER-1000 reactors was used on an industrial scale for the first time.
VVER-1000 type reactors with the capacity of 1000 MW are the «heart» of Balakovo NPP.
One of the priority activities of Balakovo NPP is the life extension of the power units. In 2015 the plant obtained a license for the life extension of power unit № 1 for more 30 years, in 2017 – a license for power unit № 2 for 26 years, in 2018 – for power unit №3 for further 30 years of operation. This was preceded by a large-scale upgrade of systems and equipment, including safety systems.
The Information center at the nuclear power plant in the city of Balakovo was created in order to inform plant workers, builders and the public about what is happening at the facility, as well as to form a positive attitude towards nuclear energy (which was especially shaken against the background of the Chernobyl accident). The Center was also engaged in the production of a special newspaper of the NPP called "Energiya" («Energy»), which is still being published (and I am now the owner of a couple of recent issues).
At the entrance to the center, there is a life-size heat-generating assembly - very impressive.
So, there are two museums in the center: on the ground floor there is a newly opened museum dedicated specifically to the Balakovo NPP, its history from the first peg driven into the ground to the present day.
On the second floor there is an older, but no less interesting exposition with many exhibits, including interactive stands, multimedia screens and information stands.
One can find various information about nuclear power plants. There is a stand dedicated to various types of electricity generation.
Mockups dedicated to the fission reaction of uranium nuclei, as well as the entire cycle that uranium goes through, starting with the extraction of uranium ore and ending with the storage of spent nuclear fuel or its further processing.
A visual layout of one of the power units with a reactor and a hall with turbines and generators that generate electricity.
The lights are flashing, you can see the movement of heated steam along the contours to the turbines and back.
A lot of attention is paid to environmental and radiation safety. You can notice the background radiation indicator (by the way, do you remember this one on the building of the Kurchatov Institute?).
In the center both the points of measurement of radioactive contamination of the human body, familiar to us from old photos of the same Chernobyl, and more modern installations are presented:
Your humble narrator had the honor to go through the measurement in the modern one :)
At the end of our tour, we were shown a wonderful film (in 3D!!) on the detailed design of the VVER-1000 reactor.
Well, after that, we went to look for a way to get as close to the plant as possible, and also to find a place from which the most beautiful view of all 4 power units would open…
We got very close to the plant, and then drove around a huge cooling pond, from the opposite bank of which I took these pictures :)
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Hi!
I just saw something cool on TV and I thought to share it with you. As you can read from my previous posts, in Poland is going to built a nuclear power plant.
Tonight, I saw an interesting advertisement spot about Rodzina Atomickich (The Atomic Family) that is going to educate people in Poland about nuclear energy.
As government says, according to poll that was conducted in November of 2021, 74,3% of people wants to have NPP in Poland. And in the same time, over 94% of people were telling that it is good to have a informative campaign about power plant.
Source:
@elenatria
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@connihd
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That's how russia is preparing to meet the IAEA in Enerhodar.
«Enerhodar now. The occupiers are shelling two districts of Enerhodar, cars parked by resident buildings are burning in the yards, one of the apartments has been hit.
Just look at what the rushists is doing. And this is in the city where the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located.»
The videos are filmed by russian propagandists who knew in advance where and when would be "arrivals".
The scheme of crimes is the same - like all these 8 years, when the russians shelled Ukrainian cities and villages in the Donbas, and then blamed it on the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Orcs were shooting from several sides: from the "Khvylia" dachas(cottages) and somewhere from the side of the NPP. Although the rashists are already lying that shootings were from Nikopol'.
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IAEA head Grossi meets Putin to discuss Zaporizhzhia NPP
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after talks with energy officials on safety issues at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Reuters reported.
Putin told Grossi he was ready to discuss “particularly sensitive and important issues on the agenda … and do everything to ensure security wherever we are in one or the other involved in nuclear energy,” the Kremlin stated.
Zaporizhzhia lies close to the front line in a part of southern Ukraine controlled by Russia. All six of its reactors are shut down, but constant power and water supplies are needed to maintain cooling and prevent a catastrophic meltdown.
The plant suffered a fire in March 2022, and Russian and Ukrainian troops continue to fight nearby, blaming each other for shelling around the plant. The IAEA is trying to establish a safety mechanism to prevent a large-scale disaster.
Grossi held talks with the Russian state-owned Rosatom company, highlighting security in Zaporizhzhia as a top priority, according to Russian media. He also negotiated with the Russian defence and foreign ministries.
Read more HERE
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Ghana's future secured with NPP and Bawumia
Not long ago, the Vice President and the presidential candidate of the great New Patriotic Party (NPP) outlined his vision for Ghana should Ghanaians elect him President in 2025.
The carefully thought-through speech will go down in the annals of Ghana’s politics as one of the most comprehensive, coherent, cogent, targeted, solution-oriented, and very promising speech.
Not only did Dr Bawumia give…
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Justification, then, is for Luther something altogether different
than the way it is portrayed in most NPP descriptions. It signals a
new creation by the effective or performative Word of God. It is
not somehow divorced from the activity of the Holy Spirit. At
one level it does address concerns and real lives of individuals (how
could it not?) But justification, for Luther, is also experienced
within the wider eschatological movement towards the renewal of
creation effected by the Word. This inaugurated eschatology
involves the church. There is no justification without the means of
grace. There is no means of grace without the church and the
gospel of Jesus Christ it proclaims in Word and Sacrament.
~Erik Heen, “A Lutheran Response to the New Perspective on Paul” Lutheran Quarterly 24 (2010), 282.
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