Before Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometres northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres north of Kyiv. The plant was cooled by an engineered pond, fed by th…
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, 16.5 kilometres northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 kilometres from the Belarus–Ukraine border, and about 100 kilometres north of Kyiv. The plant was cooled by an engineered pond, fed by the Pripyat River about 5 kilometres northwest from its juncture with the Dnieper River.
  • Location: near Pripyat, Kyiv Oblast
  • Official name: SSE Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Status: Undergoing Decommissioning
  • Construction began: 15 August 1972
  • Commission date: 26 September 1977
  • Decommission date: Process ongoing since 2015
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