It was located in East Germany, near the city of Arneburg, Stendal in Bezirk Magdeburg, today's Saxony-Anhalt.

However, after German reunification the safety of the Soviet design was questioned, and all plans for operation and further construction were halted.

[1] Altogether, it was planned to house four reactors at the site of the VVER-1000/320 type, which were some of the most modern and largest units of its time with 1000 MWe.

It was to be constructed with a new steel cell composite technique, which differed from other similar plants.

Through the German reunification, the construction was stopped and the three completed cooling towers were demolished in 1994 and 1999 with explosives.