A ceremony has been held to mark the pouring of first concrete for the foundation of the reactor building at Unit 4 of the Leningrad 2 nuclear power station on the Gulf of Finland in Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
The new unit, known as Leningrad 2-4 and also as Leningrad-8, will be a VVER-1200 pressurised water reactor with a net capacity of 1,150 MW.
First concrete was poured for Unit 2-3 (Unit 7) at Leningrad in March 2024.