Rostekhnadzor has issued a permit to extend the service life of the second power unit of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) for an additional five years, the press service of the Rosatom State Corporation reported.
This is the second extension after a major upgrade. Now the power unit will operate for 45 years instead of 30.
According to new data, consumers will receive an additional 35 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Smolensk NPP will continue to produce isotopic products needed for medicine and industry.
Now all three power units of the Smolensk NPP are operating with extended terms. This will allow generating more than 100 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in five years.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the Smolensk NPP started preparing sites for the construction of new power units.
Read related materials:
Now on home
Start of deliveries scheduled for 2027
Over 51,000 new motorcycles were sold in Russia in 2025
The car will take at least a year to assemble
The application's audience has reached 20 million users
The model will be included in the list of cars for taxis, price - from 2.25 million rubles
All parking lots of the "Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space" are connected to the service
The cars will be supplied to the Moscow Transport Service Directorate
Deliveries to India may begin in 2028
The technology provides automated search for all types of defects in power units
The plane flew 500 km, accelerating to 425 km/h
The plant stated that the information about the termination of purchases for models 6 and 8 is not true
Scientists are using the "Ekran-M" installation