Tataria Nuclear Power Station, Nuclear power station ruins in Tatarstan, Russia.
The Tataria Nuclear Power Station is an unfinished facility in Tatarstan with multiple empty reactor buildings and support structures across a large industrial site. The concrete structures stand side by side, showing the scale of an ambitious Soviet-era energy project.
Work started in 1978 with plans to produce power for the region, but construction halted in 1990 when the Soviet era ended. The site was then simply left behind and never completed.
The site represents a period of extensive nuclear development programs in the Soviet Union during the late twentieth century.
The site is not open to the public as it remains a restricted industrial zone with security rules in place. Visitors can only view the location from a distance or explore with special permission.
The facility was planned to become one of the country's largest power stations but stayed incomplete when Soviet energy strategy shifted. The abandoned towers and buildings today show a rare glimpse of frozen plans from that period.
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