What is the first civilian nuclear power plant in the world?
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What is the first civilian nuclear power plant in the world?
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The Obninsk nuclear power plant was built in the "Scientific City" of Obninsk in Kaluga oblast. It is the first civil nuclear power station in the world. It was operational from 1951 to 2002, although electricity production for the power grid ceased in 1959.