June 26 is the day the first nuclear power plant was commissioned in Obninsk

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June 26 is the day the first nuclear power plant was commissioned in Obninsk

  On June 1954, 26, the world's first nuclear power plant was commissioned in Obninsk. In 1951, the great physicist I. Kurchatov was tasked with creating a peaceful nuclear power plant in Obninsk. On June 1954, 26, a 1-megawatt NPP with graphite uranium in the AM-5 reactor was commissioned - steam was sent to the turbine and the generator capacity was 1500 kW. Obninsk soon became the world's first modern science city. Here, more powerful models of power plants began to be produced. After such fruitful work, scientists in the field of nuclear energy began to build a second nuclear power plant in Beloyarsk with a capacity of 300 megawatts, which was commissioned in 1964. At present, nuclear power plants are operating in many countries around the world, and it is difficult to find a sector of the economy that does not use electricity. Therefore, electricity generation is increasing year by year. In the future, nuclear power plants will be sufficiently developed and will play a leading role in the overall energy balance of the world.