
On Tuesday, 26 June,
the Kaluga Region celebrates the Atom for Peace Day. According to the press
service of the regional government, it was on this day of 1954 that the world's
first nuclear power plant was commissioned in Obninsk. In honour of the memorable
event, in the beginning of the 2018 the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of
the region declared 26 June a memorable date of regional significance.
“A new age of
humankind began in the remote year of 1954 with the launch of the first nuclear
power plant in Obninsk. Scientists and engineers turned the destructive force
of the atom for the benefit of our civilization, opened new horizons for its
effective peaceful use. The tamed atom is the pride of Russia, the most
important factor of its stability, sovereignty and power,” Anatoly Artamonov,
the Governor of the Kaluga Region said in this celebratory speech.
The launch of the
world’s first nuclear power plant has become an unprecedented event in the
world history. The plant was used as a research facility, and the first nuclear
submarines crews were also trained here, as well as, subsequently, staff of
many newly built nuclear power plants from USSR, China, GDR and other
countries.
“The nuclear industry
is one of the trademarks of the Kaluga Region. A large group of nuclear experts
involved in the development of the nuclear shield of Russia and peaceful atom
facilities work in our region,” the Governor of the Kaluga Region added.
He also mentioned
that nuclear technologies today are a crucial part of the space industry and
nuclear medicine, agricultural radiology and radioecology. It is the scope of
these technologies implementation that led to the establishment of the Kaluga
nuclear cluster in the region. Its residents lay the groundwork for solving
important scientific, technical and fuel energy tasks.
Obninsk NPP is a
nuclear power plant located in the city of Obninsk, Kaluga Region. It is the
world’s first nuclear power plant connected to the electrical network, as well
as the first nuclear power plant of the Soviet Union.
In April 2002 it was
decommissioned and now it is a memorial complex. Obninsk NPP is the first
nuclear power plant decommissioned in Russia.
The building of the
world’s first nuclear power plant in Obninsk is a cultural heritage site of
Russia of regional significance and is protected by the state.