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On the 9 of March 2018, at 09:19, the most important operation was completed, i.e. Leningrad NPP Unit 1s generator was synchronized with the grid and the unit started delivering first kilowatt-hours to the United Energy System of Russia. Innovative Unit 1 with a Generation III+ reactor VVER-1200 is installed at Leningrad Phase II (a branch of Rosenergoatom which is part of the Power Division of ROSATOM).
The Leningrad new superpower unit has started generating first electricity and shifted from the being constructed rank to the operating rank. I would like to greet the team of Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant as well as designers, builders, installers and adjusters with the birth of a new atomic giant! Director General of ROSATOM Alexei Likhachev said, commenting on the remarkable event.
Chief Engineer of Leningrad NPP under Construction Aleksandr Belyaev explained that thermal power of VVER-1200 reactor had been brought up to...