Commissioning of two power units as per the VVER-TOI design with the capacity of 1200 MW each is foreseen at the facility.
The construction site will be located near Desnogorsk, Smolensk region.
The new plant is being constructed to replace the acting Smolensk NPP with RMBK-1000 reactors, whose production capacities service life is about to expire. The main construction period of Smolensk NPP-2 is scheduled for 2027-2035.
As part of implementation of program Performance of Complex of Works for the Construction of the Smolensk NPP-2 Power Units Nos. 1 and 2 with the Installed Capacity of 2400 MW, Smolensk NPP construction program directorate will be organized.
Preparatory period works for the construction of the power units are in progress at the present moment. Prior to the commencement of the construction of the main facilities of the future station, JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 has to perform a massive complex of works: arrange the construction and installation base, accommodation camp and other facilities.
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The TITAN-2 Holding is a Russian group of companies that builds nuclear facilities. Organisations of the Holding perform the whole cycle of works, from development of basic design documentation to facility commissioning.
The TITAN-2 Holding is the general contractor for construction of the new power units of the Leningrad NPP. At the construction site, the organisations of the Holding perform all civil construction, installation, and electric installation works.
The Holding participates in the construction of Akkuyu NPP in Turkey, Paks II NPP in Hungary and El-Dabaa NPP in Egypt.