Enerhodar
Encyclopedia
Zaporizhia Oblast
Zaporizhia Oblast is an oblast of southern Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhia.This oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture.-Geography:...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
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Enerhodar is located on the left bank of Dnieper river
Dnieper River
The Dnieper River is one of the major rivers of Europe that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea.The total length is and has a drainage basin of .The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations...
near the Kakhovka Reservoir
Kakhovka Reservoir
The Kakhovka Reservoir is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. It covers a total surface area of 2,155 square kilometres in the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts of Ukraine...
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The city was founded on June 12, 1970 for building and serving the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third largest in the world.The plant is located in Central Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar, on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. It has 6 VVER-1000 pressurized light...
, the biggest Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...
in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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Points of interest
- Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline CrossingEnerhodar Dnipro Powerline CrossingEnerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing is the designation of two powerline crossings of Kakhovka Reservoir of Dnipro rivernear Enerhodar.The first powerline, which was built in 1977 and runs from Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant, consists of seven 90 metres and two 100 metres high pylons, which were...
- Zaporizka DRESZaporizhzhia thermal power stationZaporiska DRES is a large thermal power plant at Enerhodar in Ukraine.The Zaporizhzhia thermal power plant was built in the years 1971-1977. It has a tall flue gas stack, which belongs to the tallest free-standing structures at Ukraine....
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power PlantZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power PlantThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third largest in the world.The plant is located in Central Ukraine near the city of Enerhodar, on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper river. It has 6 VVER-1000 pressurized light...
External links
- http://www.en.gov.ua — Official municipality cite
- http://portal.en.zp.ua — Enerhodar portal