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Nuclear power in Russia

Russia operates 34 nuclear power reactors across 29 sites, with 29.8 GW of gross capacity. A further 7 units are under construction, adding 5.4 GW. 19 units have been retired.

Operating
34
29.8 GW gross
Under construction
7
5.4 GW
Planned
33
incl. 25 announced
Retired
19
33 cancelled

Operating fleet by type: PWR (25), LWGR (7), FBR (2). Principal operator: Rosenergoatom.

Position in the fuel chain

FacilityStageOperatorCapacity / output
Siberian Chemical Combine, Seversk conversion Rosatom 12,500tU/yr as UF6
Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk, Angarsk and Seversk enrichment TVEL Fuel Company 29,133tSWU/yr
Elektrostal (MSZ) fabrication TVEL Fuel Company 1,560tHM/yr
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant fabrication TVEL Fuel Company 1,200tHM/yr
Khiagda mining Rosatom 1,103tU/yr
Priargunsky mining Rosatom 1,047tU/yr
Dalur mining Rosatom 588tU/yr
Mayak, Ozersk reprocessing Rosatom 400tHM/yr
Leningrad nuclear power plant — Russia: 6 units, 6,774 MW Kursk nuclear power plant — Russia: 4 units, 5,020 MW Rostov nuclear power plant — Russia: 4 units, 4,071 MW Balakovo nuclear power plant — Russia: 4 units, 4,000 MW Kalinin nuclear power plant — Russia: 4 units, 4,000 MW Novovoronezh nuclear power plant — Russia: 4 units, 3,778 MW Smolensk nuclear power plant — Russia: 3 units, 3,000 MW Beloyarsk nuclear power plant — Russia: 3 units, 2,685 MW Smolensk nuclear power plant — Russia: 2 units, 2,500 MW Kursk nuclear power plant — Russia: 2 units, 2,000 MW Primorsk nuclear power plant — Russia: 2 units, 2,000 MW Kola nuclear power plant — Russia: 4 units, 1,760 MW Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant — Russia: 2 units, 70 MW Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant — Russia: 1 unit, 55 MW Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant — Russia: 3 units, 318 MW Seversk nuclear power plant — Russia: 1 unit, 320 MW
Operating 34Under construction 7Pre-construction 8 circle area ∝ site capacity Nuclear sites in Russia.

All units in Russia

UnitSiteStatusTypeGross MWOnline
Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant 1 Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 35 2020
Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant 2 Akademik Lomonosov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 35 2020
Balakovo nuclear power plant 1 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1986
Balakovo nuclear power plant 2 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1988
Balakovo nuclear power plant 3 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1989
Balakovo nuclear power plant 4 Balakovo nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1993
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 3 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Operating FBR 600 1981
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 4 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Operating FBR 885 2016
Kalinin nuclear power plant 1 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1985
Kalinin nuclear power plant 2 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1987
Kalinin nuclear power plant 3 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2005
Kalinin nuclear power plant 4 Kalinin nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2012
Kola nuclear power plant 1-1 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1973
Kola nuclear power plant 1-2 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1975
Kola nuclear power plant 1-3 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1982
Kola nuclear power plant 1-4 Kola nuclear power plant Operating PWR 440 1984
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-3 Kursk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1984
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-4 Kursk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1986
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-1 Kursk nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,255 2026
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-3 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1980
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-4 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1981
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-1 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,188 2018
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-2 Leningrad nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,188 2021
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-4 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 417 1973
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-5 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 1981
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-1 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,180 2017
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-2 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,181 2019
Rostov nuclear power plant 1 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,041 2001
Rostov nuclear power plant 2 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2010
Rostov nuclear power plant 3 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,000 2015
Rostov nuclear power plant 4 Rostov nuclear power plant Operating PWR 1,030 2018
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-1 Smolensk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1983
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-2 Smolensk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1985
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-3 Smolensk nuclear power plant Operating LWGR 1,000 1990
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 1 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 106 2028
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 2 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 106 2028
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-2 Kursk nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,255 —
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-3 Kursk nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,255 2034
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-3 Leningrad nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,199 2030
Leningrad nuclear power plant 2-4 Leningrad nuclear power plant Under construction PWR 1,199 2032
Seversk nuclear power plant 1 Seversk nuclear power plant Under construction FBR 320 2028
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 5 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Pre-construction FBR 1,200 2034
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 3 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 106 2028
Kursk nuclear power plant 2-4 Kursk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,255 2034
Primorsk nuclear power plant 5 Primorsk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,000 2033
Primorsk nuclear power plant 6 Primorsk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,000 2035
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-1 Smolensk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,250 2033
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-2 Smolensk nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 1,250 2033
Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant 1 Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant Pre-construction PWR 55 2028
Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant 4 Cape Nagloynyn floating nuclear power plant Announced PWR 106 2031
Khabarovsk nuclear power plant 1 Khabarovsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2036
Khabarovsk nuclear power plant 2 Khabarovsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2036
Kola nuclear power plant 2-1 Kola nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2035
Kola nuclear power plant 2-2 Kola nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2040
Kola nuclear power plant 2-3 Kola nuclear power plant Announced PWR 600 2040
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 1 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 2 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 3 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant 4 Krasnoyarsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2037
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 1 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2030
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 2 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,255 2030
Norilsk nuclear power plant 1 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 —
Norilsk nuclear power plant 2 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 —
Norilsk nuclear power plant 3 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 —
Norilsk nuclear power plant 4 Norilsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 80 —
Novocherkassk nuclear power plant 1 Novocherkassk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2036
Novocherkassk nuclear power plant 2 Novocherkassk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2038
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-3 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2032
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 2-4 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Announced PWR 1,200 2036
Primorsk nuclear power plant 1 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 —
Primorsk nuclear power plant 2 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 —
Primorsk nuclear power plant 3 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 —
Primorsk nuclear power plant 4 Primorsk nuclear power plant Announced PWR 25 —
Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant 2 Ust-Kuyga nuclear power plant Announced PWR 55 —
Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 6 1954
Balakovo nuclear power plant 5 Balakovo nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 950 —
Balakovo nuclear power plant 6 Balakovo nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 950 —
Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant 1 Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,194 —
Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant 2 Baltiyskaya nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,170 —
Bashkir nuclear power plant 1 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,255 —
Bashkir nuclear power plant 2 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,255 —
Bashkir nuclear power plant 3 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 —
Bashkir nuclear power plant 4 Bashkir nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 —
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 1 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 108 1964
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 2 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 160 1969
Beloyarsk nuclear power plant 6 Beloyarsk nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) FBR 1,600 —
Bilibino nuclear power plant 1 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1974
Bilibino nuclear power plant 2 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1975
Bilibino nuclear power plant 3 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1976
Bilibino nuclear power plant 4 Bilibino nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 12 1977
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 1 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,250 —
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 2 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,250 —
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 3 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 —
Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant 4 Central/Kostroma nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 —
Dimitrovgrad nuclear power plant 1 Dimitrovgrad nuclear power plant Cancelled FBR 100 —
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-1 Kursk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1977
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-2 Kursk nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1979
Kursk nuclear power plant 1-5 Kursk nuclear power plant Cancelled LWGR 1,100 —
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-1 Leningrad nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1974
Leningrad nuclear power plant 1-2 Leningrad nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 1,000 1976
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 3 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 —
Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant 4 Nizhny Novgorod nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 —
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-1 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Retired PWR 210 1964
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-2 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Retired PWR 365 1970
Novovoronezh nuclear power plant 1-3 Novovoronezh nuclear power plant Retired PWR 417 1972
Seversk nuclear power plant 2 Seversk nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,255 —
Seversk nuclear power plant Original 1 Seversk nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 —
Siberian nuclear power plant ADE-3 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 167 1961
Siberian nuclear power plant ADE-4 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 167 1964
Siberian nuclear power plant ADE-5 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 167 1965
Siberian nuclear power plant EI-2 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 50 1958
Siberian nuclear power plant I-1 Siberian nuclear power plant Retired LWGR 50 1955
Smolensk nuclear power plant 1-4 Smolensk nuclear power plant Cancelled LWGR 1,000 —
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-3 Smolensk nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,250 —
Smolensk nuclear power plant 2-4 Smolensk nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,250 —
South Urals nuclear power plant 1 South Urals nuclear power plant Cancelled FBR 1,220 —
South Urals nuclear power plant 2 South Urals nuclear power plant Cancelled FBR 1,220 —
South Urals nuclear power plant 3 South Urals nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) FBR 1,220 —
Tatar nuclear power plant 1 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,250 —
Tatar nuclear power plant 2 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled (inferred) PWR 1,255 —
Tatar nuclear power plant Original 1 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 —
Tatar nuclear power plant Original 2 Tatar nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 950 —
Tver nuclear power plant 1 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 —
Tver nuclear power plant 2 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 —
Tver nuclear power plant 3 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 —
Tver nuclear power plant 4 Tver nuclear power plant Cancelled PWR 1,200 —

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