Bilibino

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Bilibino is a small town in Russia’s Far East best known for hosting one of the world’s northernmost nuclear power plants.

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Label Occurrences
Bilibino canonical 9
Bilibino town 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in Russia ⓘ
urban-type settlement ⓘ
administrativeDistrict Bilibinsky District ⓘ
administrativeStatus town of district significance ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
distanceToArcticOcean several hundred kilometers inland ⓘ
distanceToMoscowApprox over 6000 km ⓘ
economicBase gold mining ⓘ
nuclear power generation ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
energyRole electricity supply for Bilibinsky District ⓘ
heat supply from nuclear cogeneration plant ⓘ
federalSubject Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
foundedAs settlement for nearby mining operations ⓘ
gridConnection isolated local grid ⓘ
hasFacility Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
indigenousPeoplesInRegion Chukchi ⓘ
Yukaghir ⓘ
knownFor hosting one of the world’s northernmost nuclear power plants ⓘ
languageUsed Russian ⓘ
latitudeApprox 68°N ⓘ
locatedIn Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ⓘ
Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ
Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East
locatedOnRiver Karalveem River ⓘ
longitudeApprox 166°E ⓘ
nearestMajorCenter Anadyr ⓘ
nuclearPlantType graphite-moderated water-cooled reactors at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
permafrost built on continuous permafrost zone ⓘ
populationTrend declining since the 1990s ⓘ
postalCountryCode RU ⓘ
powerPlantCommissioningPeriod 1970s ⓘ
reactorCount 4 at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
reactorType EGP-6 at Bilibino Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
region Northeast Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Siberia
regionCharacteristic remote Arctic settlement ⓘ
role administrative center of Bilibinsky District ⓘ
strategicImportance regional energy security in Chukotka ⓘ
summerConditions short cool summers ⓘ
timeOffset UTC+12 ⓘ
timeZone Anadyr Time ⓘ
transport served mainly by air transport ⓘ
winterConditions long cold winters ⓘ

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