It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history and was caused by one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at seven the maximum severity on the international. 4 reactor in the chernobyl nuclear power plant near the city of pripyat in the north of the ukrainian ssr. The chernobyl disaster was caused by a nuclear accident that occurred on saturday 26 april 1986 at the no.
One of lithuania s 60 municipalities located in the north east visaginas is home to several villages and most importantly the ignalina nuclear power plant which stood in for chernobyl. The team also secured the ability to shoot at the ignalina nuclear power plant a. Chernobyl producer jane featherstone has lifted the lid on producing the vast period drama and how it.
The hugely popular series watched by over 8 million people shows the catastrophic nuclear explosion at the chernobyl nuclear power plant near the town of pripyat in ukraine in 1986. The nuclear town was built in 1975 to accommodate the employees of the ignalina nuclear power plant. The simulator is the most visited object in visaginas.
Incidentally this simulator served as a model for the chernobyl creative team. During excursions visitors have the chance to see how the power plant control simulator in operation. They presented their findings in a letter addressed to the soviet authorities in moscow kurchatov institute as well as several other nuclear power plants operating in the soviet.
On the 2nd of february 1984 operators at ignalina npp issued a note in which they described a sudden increase of reactivity caused by movement of the control rods during the physical launch of the rbmk 1500 reactor. However this whole new zone was a bit smaller only 3 out of 4 reactors 3 out of 6 districts of the city were finished at the time of chernobyl disaster. Ignalina nuclear power plant is very much likely as her chernobyl twin sister surrounded by a city built for 40 000 citizens.
Inpp produced 60 percent of lithuanian electricity in 1991. Due to surge in fossil prices which is imported mainly from russia electricity generation costs at nuclear power plant are almost twice lower than in other plants. Ignalina npp became even more important for the national energy system after the restitution of lithuania s independence.
Before construction could begin the site.
Ignalina nuclear power plant chernobyl. The ignalina nuclear power plant contained two soviet designed rbmk 1500 water cooled graphite moderated channel type power reactors after the chernobyl disaster of april 1986 the reactor was de rated to 1 360 mw. Each unit of the power plant was equipped with two k 750 65 3000 turbines with 800 mw generators. Ignalina nuclear power plant is an rbmk 1500 nuclear power station in the visaginas municipality in lithuania. Before it was closed in 2004 it was responsible for supplying more than 70 of the demand for electricity in all of lithuania.
Initial preparations for the constriction of the plant began in 1974.
Initial preparations for the constriction of the plant began in 1974. Before it was closed in 2004 it was responsible for supplying more than 70 of the demand for electricity in all of lithuania. Ignalina nuclear power plant is an rbmk 1500 nuclear power station in the visaginas municipality in lithuania.
Each unit of the power plant was equipped with two k 750 65 3000 turbines with 800 mw generators. The ignalina nuclear power plant contained two soviet designed rbmk 1500 water cooled graphite moderated channel type power reactors after the chernobyl disaster of april 1986 the reactor was de rated to 1 360 mw.
