Russia’s Leningrad-3 Nuclear Plant Granted Operating Extension Until 2030

Country still operates seven RBMK reactors at three sites

Russia’s Leningrad-3 Nuclear Plant Granted Operating Extension Until 2030
The reactor hall at one of the RBMK units at the Leningrad nuclear station. Courtesy RIA Novosti/Alexey Danichev (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Unit 3 at the Leningrad nuclear power station in northwest Russia has received regulatory approval to operate until 2030, state-owned nuclear operator Rosenergoatom said.

Leningrad-3 is a 925-MW graphite-moderated RBMK-1000 reactor unit in commercial operation since 1980.

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