APS-1 Obninsk

Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant was built in the "Science City" of , , about 110 km southwest of , 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.
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  • Electrical generator
  • …lies at an elevation of 155 metres (509 feet)
  • Description: first in the world reactor electricity
  • Also known as
    “Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk”
    “Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant,”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of the Obninsk сity history and Obninskoye.

Museum
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is situated 3 km north of APS-1 Obninsk.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 3 km east of APS-1 Obninsk.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km south of APS-1 Obninsk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Obninsk and Spas-Zagor’ye.

Photo: VladikNesterov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of 116,000 people in on the bank of the Protva River.

Village
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Spas-Zagorye is a village, administrative centre… is situated 4 km south of APS-1 Obninsk.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 5 km north of APS-1 Obninsk.

APS-1 Obninsk

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Latitude
55.08399° or 55° 5′ 2″ north
Longitude
36.57148° or 36° 34′ 17″ east
Open location code
9G7R3HMC+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157164613
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11821409
Wiki­data ID
Q1739453

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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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