We all got used to the nuclear power plants, even if having some precautions of the phenomena itself they look like have been here for quite a while. But when did this nuclear energy extraction thing has started?
The first nuclear power plant has been built in Russia or Soviet Union as it was called at that times. It has been built in high hush-hush mode, even the construction workers on site didn’t know what exactly they were doing there.
Then on June 27th, 1954 Russian radio stations knocked over their listeners across the vast country and worldwide when they broadcasted the news like “In Soviet Union, thanks to the joint effort of scientists and engineers the construction of the world’s first nuclear power plant with an output power of 5000 kW. The power plant construction has been completed and already produced electricity for the local Soviet agricultural objects”.
Today let’s see how this shrine of nuclear power looks in our days.
The name of the station still stays the same. It’s being officialy called “The First Nuclear Power Plant”.

The history of the atomic energy had deep roots in the times before the World War 2, long before the June 1954, the day when the first workable plant has started working. They had called this project “The Peaceful Atom” and so was the called the reactor of the first nuclear power plant. This site was the joint effort of the thousands of prominent Russian scientists and engineers and was built in record short terms, it took only three years from scheming the projects to actual location fully constructed.

So, today, in order to get inside you got to get the white gown.


The great experience Russian scientist got from constucting the first nuclear power plant gave a big push for the development of Soviet atomic energy program. The reactor itself was built with a lot of “debugging” possibilities on purpose, so that scientists could have a lot of experimental material available.

At that time all the Soviet newspapers also joined the congratulational hype across the country. International media also couldn’t pass by the sensational news from the Evil Empire.

The main control point of the plant looks bit small if being compared to its contemorary brothers on the modern power plants.




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FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“Now we have a chance to look thru those 20 inch thick windows too to see what has the crane driver seen back in 1954 loading uranium capsules”…
The unspent fuel rods/capsules are harmless. You would not even need the crane. They become lethal when the fuel is spent and new more dangerous isotopes form.
very nice report.
While the russian claim of “first nuclear power plant” seemms undisputed, I thought worthwhile to mention that the first nuclear reactor was built by the team led by Enrico Fermi in 1942 at University of Chicago.
There is however this “World’s first nuclear power plant” claim by the americans, according to wikipedia, at the site of the EBR-I, which is now a museum near Arco, Idaho. This experimental LMFBR operated by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission produced 0.8 kW in a test on December 20, 1951 and 100 kW (electrical) the following day, having a design output of 200 kW (electrical).
Those two claims were never confirmed, US government cites that it had to keep them secret
Well too bad, Russia kept it secret too and revealed it earlier for everyone to see, hence Soviets get the credit
Who is the cool dude in the beard?
Maybe some guy from Afghanistan to whom the evil Russians want to sell the whole plant?
Hahahahaha
Read that this plant indeed was the first one, however I read also that was most propaganda than a real deal. Because it was underpowered and consumed more energy to operate than its real output.
However the first practical approach to provide energy from nuclear origin to a city is undisputable a soviet triumph (more propagandistical than real)
The first nuclear power plant ran on University of Chicago campus (chicago pile 1) twelve years before this one opened; the first industrial plant nearly two full years before this one in Idaho (EBR-1); the first commercial nearly 18 months before this in Cumbria (Calder Hall, which despite what Wikipedia says was feeding the grid long before this did).
The only way this is a first is if you restrict yourself to reactors tied to the grid, but measure by when the building was completed, rather than when it started actually feeding the grid.
Please do some research next time.
Sources please.
“But when did this nuclear energy extraction thing has started?”
I stopped reading there, please proof read your work.
He’s not english – you tool
Nuclear energy is like a drunk Russian, unstable.
I guess the bearded weirdo is a ghost of the crane operator. Failing that, a KGB agent supposed to keep an eye on the nuclear power station personnel who got lobotomed after being subjected to enormous doses of radioactivity and vodka.
The First Nuclear Power Plant for president!
Looks in pretty good shape, specially considering it’s age and the state of other soviet equipement (subs, etc.).
This is so cool! I bet it would still be functionable =D
Magic 16!!! yeeya
1942 – Chicago Pile CP1 – First controlled chain reaction in a nuclear reactor, 0.5 watt , (US)
1951 – EBR1 – Idaho – First electricity generating nuclear reactor , 200 kW, (US)
1954 – Obninsk AM1 – Atom Mirny Piervy – First Nuclear Power Plant , 5 MW,(Russia)
1956 – Calder Hall 1 – First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant, 50 MW, (England)
You are all wrong. The first critical nuclear fission “reactor” was a natural uranium deposit called the “Oklo” deposit. Went critical during precambrian period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklo
Wow, Some rare to see pictures of this power plant with rich history. Thanks for sharing.
An interesting article, amazing !!!
I liked the article, and thought it was very interesting. Thank you.