The construction aided by several hundred volunteers from the Komsomol organization was completed in 1974; by 1976 three additional reactors were put into operation. Town status was granted to Bilibino on June 28, 1993.
Construction, supported by hundreds of volunteers from the Komsomol organization, was completed in 1974; three additional reactors were operational by 1976.  Bilibino was granted town status on June 28, 1993.