16 Jun (NucNet): Russia's Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor) has granted Energoatom Concern a licence for the construction of the third and fourth units of the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant (also known as Rostov).
The two units will be built at the existing Volgodonsk site, where one unit has been in commercial operation since 2001 and another is under construction.
The site was chosen in 1977 and the granting of the licence means preparatory site work can begin.
Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, said the new units will be type V-320 VVER reactors with improved steam generators and a gross generating capacity of 1,100 megawatts.
The construction of Volgodonsk-3 and -4 is part of a federal target for the development of Russia's nuclear industry until 2015.
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