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FAMOUS PLACES IN INDIA
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Sibirskaya nuclear plant
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Kolskaya nuclear plant
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Obninsk nuclear plant
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Akkuyu nuclear plant
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plant is also known as APS-1 Obninsk (Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk). It remained in operation between 1954 and 2002, although its production of electricity for the grid ceased in 1959; thereafter it functioned as a research and isotope production plant only.
Detailed explanation-2: -Background. Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant was commissioned by the Soviet Union on June 27, 1954 and operated successfully for almost five decades, until it was closed on April 29, 2002.
Detailed explanation-3: -1954: The world’s first nuclear power plant becomes operational in Obninsk, outside of Moscow. The nuclear reactor, used to generate electricity, heralded Obninsk’s new role as a major Soviet scientific city, a status it retains in the Russian Federation where it carries the sobriquet of First Russian Science City.