APS-1 Obninsk
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant was built in the "Science City" of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast, about 110 km southwest of Moscow, Soviet Union. Connected to the power grid in June 1954, Obninsk was the first grid-connected nuclear power plant in the world, i.e. the first nuclear reactor that produced electricity industrially, albeit at small scale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Electrical generator
- Description: first in the world reactor electricity
- Also known as: “Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk”, “Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant”, and “Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant,”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of the Obninsk сity history and Obninskoye.
Museum of the Obninsk сity history
Museum
Photo: Андрей Бабуров, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museum of the Obninsk сity history is situated 3 km north of APS-1 Obninsk.
Obninskoye
Railway station
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Obninskoye is a railway station, which is situated 3 km east of APS-1 Obninsk.
School No.1
School
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School No.1 is situated 2 km northeast of APS-1 Obninsk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Obninsk and Spas-Zagor’ye.
Obninsk
Photo: VladikNesterov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Obninsk is a city of 116,000 people in Kaluga Oblast on the bank of the Protva River. The new city of Obninsk was developed after World War II as a scientific city specializing in nuclear physics and atomic energy, meteorology, radiology, radiation chemistry and geophysics.
Spas-Zagor’ye
Village
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Spas-Zagorye is a village, administrative centre of rural settlements in the municipal area of Maloyaroslavetsky District of the Kaluga region, Russia. Spas-Zagor’ye is situated 4 km south of APS-1 Obninsk.
Belkino hamlet
Suburb
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Belkino hamlet is a suburb, which is situated 5 km north of APS-1 Obninsk.
APS-1 Obninsk
- Categories: nuclear power plant, historic site, building, and industry
- Location: Kaluga Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
55.08399° or 55° 5′ 2″ northLongitude
36.57148° or 36° 34′ 17″ eastElevation
155 metres (509 feet)Open location code
9G7R3HMC+HHOpenStreetMap ID
way 157164613OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“APS-1 Obninsk” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة أوبنينسك للطاقة النووية”
- Belarusian: “Обнінская АЭС”
- Bulgarian: “Обнинска АЕЦ”
- Chinese: “奥布宁斯克核电站”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Obninsk”
- Dutch: “Kerncentrale Obninsk”
- Estonian: “Obninski AEJ”
- Estonian: “Obninski tuumaelektrijaam”
- Estonian: “Obninski tuumajaam”
- Finnish: “Obninskin ydinvoimalaitos”
- French: “centrale nucléaire d’Obninsk”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire d’Obninsk”
- Georgian: “ობნინსკის ატომური ელექტროსადგური”
- German: “APS-1”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Obninsk”
- German: “KKW Obninsk”
- Hebrew: “תחנת הכוח הגרעינית אובנינסק”
- Hungarian: “Obnyinszki atomerőmű”
- Indonesian: “Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Nuklir Obninsk”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Obninsk”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Obninsk”
- Japanese: “オブニンスク原子力発電所”
- Korean: “오브닌스크 원자력 발전소”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Obninsk kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Obninsk kjernekraftverk”
- Polish: “APS-1”
- Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Obninsk”
- Polish: “KKW Obninsk”
- Portuguese: “Usina Nuclear de Obninsk”
- Romanian: “centrala nucleară de la Obninsk”
- Russian: “Обнинская атомная электростанция”
- Russian: “Обнинская аэс”
- Russian: “Обнинская АЭС”
- Russian: “первая в мире атомная электростанция”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de Obninsk”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de Óbninsk”
- Spanish: “Planta nuclear de Obninsk”
- Spanish: “Planta nuclear de Óbninsk”
- Swedish: “Obninsk kärnkraftverk”
- Turkish: “Obninsk Nükleer Güç Santrali”
- Ukrainian: “Обнінська АЕС”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà máy điện hạt nhân Obninsk”
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