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The slovakian nuclear power plant Mochovce (1994)
| Author | Global 2000, Greenpeace |
| Date | June 1994 |
| Classification | 2.40.9.90/01 (SLOVAKIA - OTHER FACILITIES) |
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The Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant In the mid 1980s construction began on a nuclear power plant at Mochovce in southwest Slovakia, approximately 100 km east of Bratislava and approximately 150 km from Vienna. The site is located in a rich agricultural area with a relatively large population living in the nearby towns of Levice and Nitra. Initial permission for construction of four reactors of the Soviet 440/213 design at Mochovce was given by Czechoslovakian authorities in 1978. The original financing plan involved 50% funding from the state budget, 30% investment by the utility, and 20% of the costs paid for by loans. In 1991, the construction work at Mochovce was stopped because there were insufficient funds to complete the project. The planned investments for 1992 were 4.4 billion CS crowns, however, at the time less than half this amount was available. Following separation of the Czech and Slovak republics in 1993, the Slovak Republic electric utility, Slovensky Energeticky Podnik (SEP), took over responsibility for the plant. At present, units 1 and 2 of Mochovce are 90 and 70% respectively complete, while units 3 and 4 are approximately 50% complete. To finish building the plant, a joint venture company (EMO) was formed in January 1994 between SEP and the French utility company Electricite de France (EdF), with an option for participation of the German firm Bayernwerk. SEP and the western partners (WEP) have asked the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and EURATOM, the nuclear association of the European Union, for financial assistance to complete the project. EBRD has ruled out the possibility of supporting Mochovce 3 and 4, so discussion is concentrated on completion of reactors 1 and 2. There are four major Soviet reactor types: RBMK, VVER-4401230, VVER-4401213, and VVER-1000. All the VVER's are pressurized water reactors, while the RBMK (the Chernobyl type) is graphite moderated. The Mochovce VVER-440/213 is an updated version of the earlier designed VVER-440/230 reactor. TECHNICAL DATA FOR THE VVER-440/213 REACTOR Thermal power 1,375MW Electrical power 440MW Plant internal consumption 40MW Coefficient of performance (gross) 32% Coefficient of performance (net) 28% Number of fuel assemblies 349 Weight of fuel in reactor core 42t Coolant temperature at reactor output 296°C Coolant temperature at reactor input 267°C Number of cooling loops 6 (Source: SEP)
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