Description of the main VVER series
Russian Design Pressurized Water Reactors : WWER
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Description of the main VVER series
Russian Design Pressurized Water Reactors : WWER

Authors : Vassili BORZOV, Borislav DIMITROV, Christophe HERER

Publication date: November 10, 2025 | Lire en français

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2. Description of the main VVER series

2.1 VVER 440

The VVER 440 reactors were the first Soviet-designed pressurized water reactors to be marketed and mass-produced. After several prototype reactors and the V-179 model, two main reactor families were developed by AEP's Moscow site :

  • VVER 440 – model 230 (first series

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