One of the earliest versions of the VVER-type, that manifested certain problems with its [[Containmentcontainment building]]- design. As it was at the beginning with the models V-230 and older not constructed to resist the design basis large pipe break, the manufacturer added with the newer model V-213 a so called ''Bubble condenser tower'', that – with its additional volume and a number of water layers – has the aim to suppress the forces of the rapidly escaping steam without the onset of a containment-leak. As a consequence, all member-countries with plants of design VVER-440 V-230 and older were forced by the politicians of the [[European Union]] to shut them down permanently. [[Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant]] and [[Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant]] had to close with this two respectively four of their units. Whereas in the case of the [[Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant]], the German regulatory body had already taken the same decision in the wake of the fall of the [[Berlin wall]].